Definition of ascertain

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Ascertain (v. t.) To make (a thing) certain to the mind; to free from obscurity, doubt, or change; to make sure of; to fix; to determine..

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Unliquidated :: Unliquidated (a.) Not liquidated; not exactly ascertained; not adjusted or settled.
Count :: Count (v. t.) The act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting..
Time :: Time (v. t.) To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen..
Gauger :: Gauger (n.) One who gauges; an officer whose business it is to ascertain the contents of casks.
Indeterminable :: Indeterminable (a.) Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited..
Tell :: Tell (v. t.) To discern so as to report; to ascertain by observing; to find out; to discover; as, I can not tell where one color ends and the other begins..
Gravimeter :: Gravimeter (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of bodies.
Processioning :: Processioning (n.) A proceeding prescribed by statute for ascertaining and fixing the boundaries of land. See 2d Procession.
Calculated :: Calculated (p. p. & a.) Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball..
Tollbooth :: Tollbooth (n.) A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or toll.
Evidence :: Evidence (n.) That which is legally submitted to competent tribunal, as a means of ascertaining the truth of any alleged matter of fact under investigation before it; means of making proof; -- the latter, strictly speaking, not being synonymous with evidence, but rather the effect of it..
Liquidate :: Liquidate (v. t.) In an extended sense: To ascertain the amount, or the several amounts, of , and apply assets toward the discharge of (an indebtedness)..
Ascertain :: Ascertain (v. t.) To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise.
Survey :: Survey (v. t.) To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of; as, to survey a building in order to determine its value and exposure to loss by fire..
Plumb :: Plumb (v. t.) To sound with a plumb or plummet, as the depth of water; hence, to examine by test; to ascertain the depth, quality, dimension, etc.; to sound; to fathom; to test..
Saccharimeter :: Saccharimeter (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of saccharine matter in any solution, as the juice of a plant, or brewers' and distillers' worts..
Pluviometer :: Pluviometer (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the amount of rainfall at any place in a given time; a rain gauge.
Orient :: Orient (v. t.) To define the position of, in relation to the orient or east; hence, to ascertain the bearings of..
Pirameter :: Pirameter (n.) A dynamometer for ascertaining the power required to draw carriages over roads.
Docimacy :: Docimacy (n.) The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the nature, quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines, or of facts pertaining to physiology..
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