Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An occasional and more correct form of
ascertain (which see).
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Examples
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I'd hate to cause any rift in personal friendships, and we know Lord Mandelson is a keen supporter of Miliband D, but I could not help being reminded of acertain somebody now hogging the headlines as he sells his book.
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This is because what I would like to do is to concentrate on the majority of the pages in this wonderful book, and not get hung up on the very few that raise acertain issue.
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“According to acertain personwho has a tendency to throw aroundserious accusationswithout the slightestevidence to back themup, the UCI protectscertain riders from therisk of failing a dopingtest. … it wouldbe very interesting toknow the names ofthese privileged riderswho have enjoyed suchfavourable treatment,” the article reads.
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They don'tcompare to story telling today but those showshad acertain charm that you can't deny.
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EI: Maggie, is there acertain amount of convention-tweaking when you have anactress who looks like Lindsay — just put her hairup and then put on glasses and suddenly she becomesplain?
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In WWII, such combatants were shot, either immediately or after a brief proceeding in the field to acertain that they were an out-of-uniform fighter and therefore there life was forfeit.
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From what I hear from acertain writer whose name begins with S and ends in TROSS its an apparently contemporary novel but set across a series of alternate worlds.
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Let the game be played before you acertain the outcome.
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Yet, I find some aspects of this story peculiar; surely it would be the matter of seconds to acertain where this incident occurred – the Disabled Parking Area – and whether the complainant had a right to be there.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
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Here's a thought I'm going to try to propagate: - in the last few months on Crimewatch there have been a few references to a case where it was useful to acertain where someone had been by analysing a sample of their hair.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
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