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unˈcertified, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not made certain; not assured.
1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) II. 170 Vncertifieit tha war into sic thing Into that cace quhome that tha wald mak king. 1801Southey Thalaba vi. xviii, The astonish'd Thalaba..closed his eyes, And open'd them again; And yet uncertified, He prest them close.
2. Not attested as certain; not guaranteed by certification.
1681Calr. Treas. Bks. 7 That he do not issue out process upon any uncertified bond. 1760–1Smollett Sir L. Greaves xx, The mercy of the legislature in favor of insolvent debtors, is never extended to uncertified bankrupts taken in execution. 1846Grote Greece i. xix. II. 47 Any chronological system which may be applied to it, must be essentially uncertified and illusory. 1876Meredith Beauch. Career xxxiv, She touched the double chords within us which are..a divine discord if an uncertified harmony.
3. Not certified insane.
1889G. B. Shaw London Music in 1888–89 (1937) 101 Brinio..is a patriotic Batavian with two sisters, one of whom is mad and the other sane... Ada, the uncertified one, is beloved by Aquilius. 1938S. Beckett Murphy ix. 161 There were a few such fortunate cases, certified and uncertified, enjoying all the amenities of a mental hospital. 1969M. Pugh Last Place Left xiv. 102 Some uncertified genius had hit upon a new virus mutation method. |