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Grammar : Verb
Spell : as-er-teyn
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæs ərˈteɪn



Definition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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