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certify, v.|ˈsɜːtɪfaɪ|
Forms: 4–7 certifie, -fye, 4–6 certyfye, 5–6 certefie, -fye, 6 certyfie, 7 certefy, (5 sertefye, 7 sertifie), 6– certify.
[a. F. certifie-r, in 13th c. certefier, ad. med.L. certificāre, f. cert-us certain + -ficāre: see -fy.]
1. trans. To make (a thing) certain; to guarantee as certain, attest in an authoritative manner; to give certain information of. (Often with clause as object.)
1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 249 Þis was certified & sikere. 1393Gower Conf. I. 192 Though we such thing..Upon our trouthe certifie. c1400Destr. Troy 12715 He certifiet sothely in his sad lettur, Þat Agamynon had goten to his gay spouse, Of Priam a prise doghter. c1440York Myst. xxx. 46 Nowe saye itt save may ye saffely For I will certefie þe same. a1530Ld. Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 32 To certefye this thinge, sende for the damoysell; and than shal ye know, by her owne mouthe. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 282 (R.) [To] certifie that Arion was alive and safe. 1804Abernethy Surg. Observ. 29 To certify this remark I may mention the case of a man. 1860J. Kennedy Rob of Bowl xi. 110 We may certify what we have seen to his Lordship.
2. a. To declare or attest by a formal or legal certificate. (Often with compl. inf., or obj. clause.)
1461R. Calle in Paston Lett. 420 II. 58 Jenney and Yelverton hathe certified up in to the Kynges Benche inssurrecions [and] congregacions ayenste me. 1483Act 1 Rich. III, c. 7 § 2 The said Justices..to certify the same Proclamation to the Kings Justices of the Common Pleas. 1651N. Bacon Cont. Hist. Disc. xxii. 180 In case of sickness, or other good cause, sertified and allowed by the Captain. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. 214 Unless the judge shall certify under his hand that the freehold or title of the land came chiefly in question. 1788Franklin Autobiog. Wks. 1840 I. 222 The proper officers, comparing every article with its voucher, certified them to be right. 1801in Med. Jrnl. (1804) XII. 444 This is to certify, that Drs. Marshall and Walker attended at the hospital at Malta, etc. 1818Cruise Digest VI. 120 It was certified by the Court of King's Bench to the Court of Chancery, in a modern case. 1885Law Times 16 May 38/1 The magistrate confidently reversed the previous medical opinion, and certified the man as not insane.
b. U.S. Banking. to certify a cheque: see quot.
1864Sala in Daily Tel. 16 July, In lieu of our protective system of ‘crossing’, there is a process known as ‘certifying’ a cheque. The teller puts his initials in one corner, thus warranting the genuineness of the instrument and the fact of the drawer having sufficient funds in the hands of the bank to meet it. 1880[see certified ppl. a. a].
c. To declare (a person) officially insane. (Cf. quot. 1874 for sense 4.)
1877J. M. Granville Care & Cure of Insane II. 150 A serious mistake has been made in requiring that a patient shall be certified insane before he is removed to an asylum. 1883T. S. Clouston Clin. Lect. Mental Dis. xix. 612 The question of whether the patient should be certified as a lunatic or not. Ibid. 613 It is proper, having determined that he should be certified, to ask what legal risk there is. 1892H. H. Newington in D. H. Tuke Dict. Psychol. Med. I. 189/2 Asylum officers or medical men officially in charge of certified patients. 1927Henderson & Gillespie Text-Bk. Psychiatry xvii. 487 It is not justifiable to certify a patient while in an epileptic fit, or while under the influence of alcohol. 1930Sayers & Eustace Docum. in Case 72 The man's as mad as a hatter! I nearly sent round to get him certified. 1958Wodehouse Cocktail Time xiv. 120 He had to be certified. He thought he was Stalin's nephew.
3. a. To make (a person) certain or sure (of a matter); to assure, inform certainly; to give (a person) legal or formal attestation (of).
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 6846 Pilat sent til Tyberius..to certifie hym of þis cas. c1440Gesta Rom. xlv. 175 (Harl. MS.) Was certifijd of the dethe of the cockes. 1535Coverdale Job xii. 8 Speake..to the fyshes of the see, and they shal certifie the. 1581B. Rich Farew. Militarie Prof. 58 Certifying his mother the truthe which he had learned. 1675Pennsylv. Archives I. 32 These are to Certifye all whom it may concerne. 1765H. Walpole Lett. (1861) IV. 334 The next post will probably certify you of his death. 1797Southey in Life (1849) I. 317 As to what is the cause of the incalculable wretchedness of society..I have long felt certified in my own mind.
b. with clause as second object.
14..Mann. & Househ. Exp. 564, I..sertefynge ȝowe I was late..a monge ryte worschepeful folke. 1526Tindale Rom. viii. 16 The same sprete certifieth oure sprete that we are the Sonnes of God. 1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, ii. iii. 32, I goe to certifie her Talbot's here. 1651W. G. tr. Cowel's Inst. 237 The Sheriff is to make his return, and certefy the Justices, whether the party have sufficient Goods and Chattells. 1878Simpson Sch. Shaks. I. 56 The following letter certified Cecil that..White was not to inherit all.
c. refl. To make oneself certain, inform oneself certainly; to ascertain.
1600Hakluyt Voy. (1810) III. 470 After hee had fully certified himselfe of the riches abouesayd. 1858Maxwell Let. in Life x. (1882) 308, I hope to certify myself ere long what sort of ‘friend's wife’ I am to have.
4. a. intr. To make certification; to testify to, vouch for.
1625Bacon Plantations, Ess. (Arb.) 531 They will..be Lazie..and spend Victuals, and be quickly weary, and then Certifie ouer to their Country, to the Discredit of the Plantation.
1829Southey in For. Rev. & Cont. Misc. III. 49 Those for whom the priests would certify might remain. 1874A. S. Taylor Med. Jurispr. lxii. (ed. 9) 707 One of the medical men certifying to the insanity of a gentleman.
b. Law. To give a certificate for costs on a certain scale.
1867Act 30 & 31 Vict. c. 142 §5 He shall not be entitled to any Costs of Suit unless the Judge certify on the Record that there was sufficient Reason for bringing such Action in such Superior Court. 1889C. A. White Archbold's County Crt. Pract. (ed. 10) 135 A judge has no power to allow costs on a higher scale unless he certify under the above section. 1910Encycl. Brit. VII. 224/2 In every indictable case in which the committing justices or the court of trial certify for legal aid.
Hence ˈcertifying vbl. n., certification.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 43 By..certefienge of cheueteynes of londes, it was i-founde. |