Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To inform; assure.

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Examples

  • And yet, my lord, if I could but be made certiorate that my natural hereditament of

    A Legend of Montrose 2008

  • --- And yet, my lord, if I could but be made certiorate that my natural hereditament of Drumthwacket had fallen into possession of any of these loons of Covenanters, who could be, in the event of our success, conveniently made a traitor of, I have so much value for that fertile and pleasant spot, that I would e'en take on with you for the campaign. ''

    A Legend of Montrose 1871

  • By dint of assiduous research I am enabled to certiorate the reader, that the name of this person was Saunders Broadfoot, and that he dealt in the wholesome commodity called kirn-milk (_Anglic, _ butter-milk).

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 1822

  • I could but be made certiorate that my natural hereditament of

    A Legend of Montrose Walter Scott 1801

  • * By dint of assiduous research I am enabled to certiorate the reader, that the name of this person was Saunders Broadfoot, and that he dealt in the wholesome commodity called kirn-milk (_Anglice ', _ butter-milk).

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • By dint of assiduous research I am enabled to certiorate the reader, that the name of this person was Saunders Broadfoot, and that he dealt in the wholesome commodity called kirn-milk (Anglice’, butter-milk). —

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

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