Synonyms for ascertained
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : as-er-teyn |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæs ərˈteɪn |
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Définition of ascertained
Origin :- early 15c., "to inform, to give assurance," from Anglo-French acerteiner, Old French acertener "to assure, certify" (13c.), from a "to" (see ad-) + certain "certain" (see certain). Modern meaning of "find out for sure by experiment or investigation" is first attested 1794. Related: Ascertained; ascertaining.
- verb make sure
- If any exist they ought to be ascertained and guarded against.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- This remained to be ascertained in exploring that river upwards.
- Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
- I think I have a clue by which his address may be ascertained.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- Of my father, I knew nothing; I have since ascertained he must then have been dead.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- The precise occasion of this offence cannot, and need not, be ascertained.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
- From all who are about me, you are certain (I have ascertained it) of a generous welcome.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- The truth, as in most questions of history, remains for ever in the balance, and cannot be ascertained.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
- Alone and unassisted he first ascertained by personal inquiry the extent of the evil.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- I had ascertained the exact point at which the little churchyard lay.
- Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
- Here he got a bed, and here he ascertained that the Electra had not yet arrived.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
Antonyms for ascertained
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