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unascerˈtained, ppl. a. [un-1 8.] †a. Not certified or apprised. Obs. b. Not ascertained or known.
1628in Foster Eng. Factories India (1909) III. 193 What is become of Beale, whether living or dead, we are yett unascertained. 1751Harris Hermes ii. i. (1765) 217 The Article (A) leaves the Individual itself unascertained, whereas the Article (The) ascertains the Individual also. 1784Cook Third Voy. vi. iv. III. 269 The only part of the Russian empire that now remains unascertained. 1815J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 319 The standard temperatures desired, remained unascertained till the time of Newton. 1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 127 An unascertained quantity of oxalic acid and white precipitate. |