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Ascertain
ASCERTA'IN, v.t. [L. ad certum, to a certainty.]
1. To make certain; to define or reduce to precision by moving obscurity or ambiguity.
The divine law ascertains the truth.
2. To make certain, by trial, examination or experiment, so as to know what was before unknown; as, to ascertain the weight of a commodity, or the purity of a metal.
3. To make sure by previous measures.
The ministry, in order to ascertain a majority in the house of lords, persuaded the queen to create twelve new peers.
4. To make certain or confident, followed by a pronoun; as, to ascertain us of the goodness of our work. [unusual.]
5. To fix; to establish with certainty; to render invariable, and not subject to will.
The mildness and precision of their laws ascertained the rule and measure of taxation.
ascertain appears in definitions for these words:
Acetometer Acidimeter Addecimate Admeasure Admeasurement Aerometer Aerometry Alkali Alkalimeter Altimetry Ambergris Ammony Analyze Animal Aroura Ascertain Ascertainer Ascertainment Assay Assess Assessed Assessing Bee Blote Boundary Calculate Caucasian Check Chronology Collation Compare Compass Computation Compute Conscience Count Countless Crepitation Cryptogamy Cymbal Definable Define Defined Definer Defining Demarkation Determine Diplomatics Dipping Dissect Distinguish Distinguishing Divide Dubious Emissary Equivalent Estimate Etymology Eudiometer Eudiometric Eudiometry Evaporometer Evening Examination Fat Feel Gag Gauge Gauger Gauging Geography Gnomiometrical Graphometrical Gravity Herborize Hide Identified Identify Identifying Immemorial Import Indeterminable Indigometer Inspect Inspecting Inspection Intendment Iron It Judgment Juxtaposition Knowable Leveling Liquidate Liquidating Liquidation Logometric Longitude Meaning Measure Measured Measuring Mercury Mete Meteorolite Meter Minutely Modulation Mow Nitrometer Nocturnal Number Numbering Ooze Oryctognosy Pedometer Philosophy Piezometer Plumb Pluvial Pluviametrical Poise Ponderal Pongo Postliminium Pother Probation Proof Proportion Prove Proverb Proving Pyramid Reckon Report Responsible Review Right Run Salic Satisfy Searcher Seat Sensible Septical Settlement Sound Sounding-rod Spy Sumless Survey Surveyor Talent Tare Tared Taring Tertiate Text Thummim Toll-booth Trial Triblet Unascertainable Uncertainty Unliquidated Unwarranted Unweighed Urim Variation Verse Water-gage Water-guage Water-thermometer Way Weigh Weighed Weighing Weighing-house Weight Zumosimeter
Acetometer Acidimeter Addecimate Admeasure Admeasurement Aerometer Aerometry Alkali Alkalimeter Altimetry Ambergris Ammony Analyze Animal Aroura Ascertain Ascertainer Ascertainment Assay Assess Assessed Assessing Bee Blote Boundary Calculate Caucasian Check Chronology Collation Compare Compass Computation Compute Conscience Count Countless Crepitation Cryptogamy Cymbal Definable Define Defined Definer Defining Demarkation Determine Diplomatics Dipping Dissect Distinguish Distinguishing Divide Dubious Emissary Equivalent Estimate Etymology Eudiometer Eudiometric Eudiometry Evaporometer Evening Examination Fat Feel Gag Gauge Gauger Gauging Geography Gnomiometrical Graphometrical Gravity Herborize Hide Identified Identify Identifying Immemorial Import Indeterminable Indigometer Inspect Inspecting Inspection Intendment Iron It Judgment Juxtaposition Knowable Leveling Liquidate Liquidating Liquidation Logometric Longitude Meaning Measure Measured Measuring Mercury Mete Meteorolite Meter Minutely Modulation Mow Nitrometer Nocturnal Number Numbering Ooze Oryctognosy Pedometer Philosophy Piezometer Plumb Pluvial Pluviametrical Poise Ponderal Pongo Postliminium Pother Probation Proof Proportion Prove Proverb Proving Pyramid Reckon Report Responsible Review Right Run Salic Satisfy Searcher Seat Sensible Septical Settlement Sound Sounding-rod Spy Sumless Survey Surveyor Talent Tare Tared Taring Tertiate Text Thummim Toll-booth Trial Triblet Unascertainable Uncertainty Unliquidated Unwarranted Unweighed Urim Variation Verse Water-gage Water-guage Water-thermometer Way Weigh Weighed Weighing Weighing-house Weight Zumosimeter
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