certificate (sertifikat)

[F. cert if i cat = Sp. Pg. certificado = It. certificato, Such sober certainty of waking bli , I never heard till now. Milton , Comus, 1. 263. I therefore share Augustine's repugnance to Probability as the sole goal of human truth-search, and believe with him that the human reason is destined to attain positive indubitable certainty . J. Owen, Evenings with Skeptics, I. 358. Certainty is not in sensation, though sensation is so constantly our means of acquiring it. Certainty belongs to thought and to thought only. Self-conscious, reflective thought is then our ultimate and absolute criterion. Mivart, Nature and Thought, p. 46. 5t. Same as certain , 3. The vicar ye of the forsayde chirche of seynt Clement schal haue iiij. s. and iiij. d. for his certeyntee of me es. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 278. Demonstrative (or derivative) certainty, that which tainty. Empirical certainty, certainty founded on ex- perience. Esthetic certainty. See esthetic. - Imme- diate certainty, the certainty of what is unde mon str a- ble.-Intuitive certainty, certainty depending upon intuition. - Moral certainty, a probability sufficiently strong to justify action upon it: as, there is a moral cer- tainty that the sun will rise to-morrow. - Principle of certainty, in logic , the formula " A is A , " whatever log i- may be; the principle of identity. - Rational certainty, certainty founded on reason.-Subjective certainty, firm confidence in a belief. certes (ser'tēz), adv . [ certes , F. certes (prop. fem. pl., as in phrase à certes , par certes ) = Pr. OSp. cer- tas , L. cert as , fem. acc. pl. of cert us , certain: see cert , certain .] Certainly; in truth; verily. But therof certes nedid noght haue doute, All redy was made a place ful sola in. Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 863. Owe! certes ! what I am worthely wroghte with wyr schip, i-wys! York Plays, p. 4. Certes, Madame, ye have great cause of plaint. Spenser, F. Q., I. vii. 52.