Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who ascertains.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who ascertains.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who, or that which,
ascertains .
Etymologies
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ascertain + -er
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Examples
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After all, however, truth is to be accepted; and testimony, when so various and decisive, is an ascertainer of truth.
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After all, however, truth is to be accepted; and testimony, when so various and decisive, is an ascertainer of truth.
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Kenyon, Frederic G 1898
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He will, perhaps, deny that he has, and will contend that he has used it in the latter sense as equivalent to the _ascertainer_ or
The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg Thomas De Quincey 1822
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