ascertain

English

/ˌæsəˈteɪn/, /ˌæsɚˈteɪn/

verb
Definitions
  • To find out definitely; to discover or establish.
  • (obsolete) To make (someone) certain or confident about something; to inform.
  • (archaic) To establish, to prove.
  • (archaic) To ensure or effect.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French acertener derived from Latin certus (certain, resolved, fixed) root from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*krey-

Gloss

separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part

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