Ascertain

  • 41ascertain — v 1. determine, establish, identify, pin [s.t.] down, Sl. peg, Sl. button down; verify, confirm, make certain of, make sure, determinate; conclude, resolve, settle, decide, come to a decision. 2. discern, figure, apprehend, grasp, understand,… …

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  • 42ascertain — as·cer·tain …

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  • 43ascertain — verb Syn: find out, discover, get to know, work out, make out, fathom (out), learn, deduce, divine, establish, determine; informal figure out …

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  • 44ascertain — as•cer•tain [[t]ˌæs ərˈteɪn[/t]] v. t. 1) to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance 2) archaic to make certain, clear, or definitely known • Etymology: 1400–50; < MF acertain , acertener to make certain as cer•tain′a•ble, adj.… …

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  • 45ascertain —   v.t. find out for certain …

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  • 46ascertain —   Ho omaopopo …

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  • 47ascertain — To fix; to render certain or definite; to estimate and determine; to clear of doubt or obscurity. To insure as a certainty. To find out by investigation, U. S. v. Carver, 260 U.S. 482, 43 S.Ct. 181, 182, 67 L.Ed. 361. Sometimes it means to assess …

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  • 48ascertain — To fix; to render certain or definite; to estimate and determine; to clear of doubt or obscurity. To insure as a certainty. To find out by investigation, U. S. v. Carver, 260 U.S. 482, 43 S.Ct. 181, 182, 67 L.Ed. 361. Sometimes it means to assess …

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  • 49ascertain — To make certain; to fix; to establish with certainty; to establish judicially, that is by the finding and judgment or decree of the court. See Globe Publishing Co. v State Bank of Nebraska, 41 Neb 175, 59 NW 683 …

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  • 50ascertain — v.tr. 1 find out as a definite fact. 2 get to know. Derivatives: ascertainable adj. ascertainment n. Etymology: ME f. OF acertener, stem acertain f. agrave to + CERTAIN …

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