certain

a. உறுதியான, நம்பகமான, தவறாத, பிழைபட முடியாத, முழுமன உறுதிப்பாடு கொண்ட, ஐயத்துக்கு இடமற்ற, வாதத்துக்கிடமில்லாத, முடிந்துபோன, முடிவான, தீர்மானமான, விலக்கமுடியாத, நடந்து தீரவேண்டிய, கட்டாயமான, நிலையான, ஒழுங்கான, ஏதோ சில, ஏதோ ஒரு.

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Cer"tain, a. Etym: [F. certain, fr. (assumed) LL. certanus, fr. L. certus determined, fixed, certain, orig. p. p. of cernere to perceive, decide, determine; akin to Gr. concern, critic, crime, riddle a sieve, rinse, v.] 1. Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning. To make her certain of the sad event. Dryden. I myself am certain of you. Wyclif. 2. Determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive. However, I with thee have fixed my lot, Certain to undergo like doom. Milton. 3. Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact. The dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. Dan. ii. 45. 4. Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable. Virtue that directs our ways Through certain dangers to uncertain praise. Dryden. Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all. Shak. 5. Unfailing; infallible. I have often wished that I knew as certain a remedy for any other distemper. Mead. 6. Fixed or stated; regular; determinate. The people go out and gather a certain rate every day. Ex. xvi. 4. 7. Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; -- sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons. It came to pass when he was in a certain city. Luke. v. 12. About everything he wrote there was a certain natural grace und decorum. Macaulay. For certain, assuredly. -- Of a certain, certainly. Syn. -- Bound; sure; true; undeniable; unquestionable; undoubted; plain; indubitable; indisputable; incontrovertible; unhesitating; undoubting; fixed; stated. Cer"tain, n. 1. Certainty. [Obs.] Gower. 2. A certain number or quantity. [Obs.] Chaucer. Cer"tain, adv. Defn: Certainly. [Obs.] Milton.