certifyv.

/ˈsəːtɪfʌɪ/

Forms: Middle English–1600s certifie, certifye, Middle English–1500s certyfye, Middle English–1500s certefie, certefye, 1500s certyfie, 1600s certefy, (Middle English sertefye, 1600s sertifie), 1500s– certify.

Etymology: < French certifie-r, in 13th cent. certefier , < medieval Latin certificāre , < certus certain + -ficāre : see -fy suffix.

1. transitive. To make (a thing) certain; to guarantee as certain, attest in an authoritative manner; to give certain information of. (Often with clause as object.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > assure, confirm, or guarantee [verb (transitive)]

certify1330

highta1375

testify1393

fortifyc1449

avoucha1513

aver1548

vouch1591

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > support, corroborate > on basis of authority

confirmc1290

certify1330

approvec1380

authorizea1393

ratify?a1425

consignc1430

corroborate1530

attest1590

concredit1659

attestate1660

you can quote me1813

1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 249 Þis was certified & sikere.

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 192 Though we such thing..Upon our trouthe certifie.

c1440 York Myst. xxx. 46 Nowe saye itt save may ye saffely For I will certefie þe same.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) xiiii. sig. Biiii^v To certefye this thinge sende for the damoysell. And than shal ye know by her owne mouthe.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12715 He certifiet sothely in his sad lettur, Þat Agamynon had goten to his gay spouse, Of Priam a prise doghter.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 343 [To] certifie that Arion was alive and safe.

1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 29 To certify this remark I may mention the case of a man.

1860 J. P. Kennedy Rob of Bowl xi. 110 We may certify what we have seen to his Lordship.

a. To declare or attest by a formal or legal certificate. (Often with infinitive, or object clause.)

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal document > authenticating document > attest by certificate [verb (transitive)]

certify1462

1462 R. Calle in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 369 Jenney and Yeluerton hathe certified vup in-to the Kynges Benche jnssurec[i]ons [and] congregacions a-yenste me.

1483 Act 1 Rich. III c. 7 § 2 The said Justices..to certify the same Proclamation to the Kings Justices of the Common Pleas.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 214 Unless the judge shall certify under his hand that the freehold or title of the land came chiefly in question.a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) iii. 162 The proper Officer,..comparing every Article with its Voucher, certified them to be right.1801 in Med. Jrnl. (1804) 12 444 This is to certify, that Drs. Marshall and Walker attended at the hospital at Malta, etc.1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) VI. 120 It was certified by the Court of King's Bench to the Court of Chancery, in a modern case.1885 Law Times 16 May 38/1 The magistrate confidently reversed the previous medical opinion, and certified the man as not insane.

b. To transfer or convey (land) by formal certification.

ΚΠ

1845 J. J. Hooper Some Adventures Capt. Simon Suggs vi. 71 Her father must ‘certify’ his land to him.

c. U.S. Banking. to certify a cheque: see quot. 1864.

ΚΠ

1864 G. A. Sala 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 Webster's Dict. Suppl. Certified check, a bank-check, the validity of which is certified by the bank on which it is drawn.

d. To declare (a person) officially insane. (Cf. quot. 1874 at sense 4a for sense 4.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > drive mad [verb (transitive)] > certify or commit

to take away1834

certify1877

to put away1938

1877 J. 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.

1883 T. S. Clouston Clin. Lect. Mental Dis. xix. 612 The question of whether the patient should be certified as a lunatic or not.

1883 T. S. Clouston Clin. Lect. Mental Dis. xix. 613 It is proper, having determined that he should be certified, to ask what legal risk there is.

1892 H. H. Newington in D. H. Tuke Dict. Psychol. Med. I. 189/2 Asylum officers or medical men officially in charge of certified patients.

1927 D. K. Henderson & R. D. 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.

1930 D. L. Sayers & ‘R. Eustace’ Documents in Case 72 The man's as mad as a hatter! I nearly sent round to get him certified.

1958 P. G. Wodehouse Cocktail Time xiv. 120 He had to be certified. He thought he was Stalin's nephew.

a. To make (a person) certain or sure (of a matter); to assure, inform certainly; to give (a person) legal or formal attestation (of).

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > inform (a person) > for certain

certify1340

encertaina1533

certionate1558

certiorate1637

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > assure, make certain [verb (transitive)]

certify1340

assure1393

surec1460

ascertain1490

recognosce1533

secure1602

sickera1693

vouch1780

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 6846 Pilat sent til Tyberius..to certifie hym of þis cas.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xlv. 175 Was certifijd of the dethe of the cockes.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xii. 8 Speake..to the fyshes of the see, and they shal certifie the.

1581 B. Rich Farewell Militarie Profession 58 Certifying his mother the truthe which he had learned.

1675 Pennsylvania Arch. I. 32 These are to Certifye all whom it may concerne.

1765 H. Walpole Lett. (1861) IV. 334 The next post will probably certify you of his death.

1797 R. Southey in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (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.

ΚΠ

14.. Mann. & Househ. Exp. 564 I..sertefynge ȝowe I was late..a monge ryte worschepeful folke.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. viii. 16 The same sprete certifieth oure sprete that we are the Sonnes of God.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. iii. 31 I goe to certifie her Talbot's here.

1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 237 The Sheriff is to make his return, and certefy the Justices, whether the party have sufficient Goods and Chattells.

1878 R. Simpson School of Shakspere I. 56 The following letter certified Cecil that..White was not to inherit all.

c. reflexive. To make oneself certain, inform oneself certainly; to ascertain.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > render certain [verb (reflexive)]

resolvec1565

certify1600

ascertain1601

1600 R. Hakluyt tr. J. Gonzalez de Mendoça in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 394 After hee had fully certified himselfe of the riches abouesayd.

1858 in L. Campbell & W. Garnett Life J. C. Maxwell (1882) x. 308 I hope to certify myself ere long what sort of ‘friend's wife’ I am to have.

a. intransitive. To make certification; to testify to, vouch for.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > bear witness, testify [verb (intransitive)]

to bear (one) witnesslOE

witne?c1225

to bear witnessinga1300

to bear recordc1330

testimonyc1330

testify1377

witnessc1380

recordc1400

militatec1600

suffragate1620

testate1624

depone1640

attest1672

rap1728

certify1874

certificate1907

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) xxxiii. 199 They will..be Lazie..and spend Victuals, and be quickly weary, and then Certifie ouer to their Country, to the Discredit of the Plantation.

1829 R. Southey in For. Rev. & Cont. Misc. III. 49 Those for whom the priests would certify might remain.1874 A. S. Taylor Man. Med. Jurispr. (ed. 9) lxii. 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.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > judge or act as judge [verb (intransitive)] > give certificate for costs

certify1867

1867 Act 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.

1887 J. E. Davis Pract. County Crts. (ed. 6) 122 Where a Judge certifies under sect. 5 of the County Courts (Costs and Salaries) Act, 1882, a minute of the certificate..shall be entered on the minutes of the Court.

1889 C. A. White Archbold's County Court Pract. (ed. 10) 135 A judge has no power to allow costs on a higher scale unless he certify under the above section.

1910 Encycl. Brit. VII. 224/2 In every indictable case in which the committing justices or the court of trial certify for legal aid.

Derivatives

ˈcertifying n. certification.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > informing for certain

certifyinga1387

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > [noun]

certaininga1300

faitha1382

certifyinga1387

assuring1530

certification1533

assurance1609

securement1622

certioration1653

ensurance1654

assecurationa1656

insurance1660

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 43 By..certefienge of cheueteynes of londes, it was i-founde.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	certify
释义	certifyv. /ˈsəːtɪfʌɪ/ Forms: Middle English–1600s certifie, certifye, Middle English–1500s certyfye, Middle English–1500s certefie, certefye, 1500s certyfie, 1600s certefy, (Middle English sertefye, 1600s sertifie), 1500s– certify. Etymology: < French certifie-r, in 13th cent. certefier , < medieval Latin certificāre , < certus certain + -ficāre : see -fy suffix. 1. transitive. To make (a thing) certain; to guarantee as certain, attest in an authoritative manner; to give certain information of. (Often with clause as object.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assurance, confirmation, or guarantee > assure, confirm, or guarantee [verb (transitive)] certify1330 highta1375 testify1393 fortifyc1449 avoucha1513 aver1548 vouch1591 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > support, corroborate > on basis of authority confirmc1290 certify1330 approvec1380 authorizea1393 ratify?a1425 consignc1430 corroborate1530 attest1590 concredit1659 attestate1660 you can quote me1813 1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 249 Þis was certified & sikere. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 192 Though we such thing..Upon our trouthe certifie. c1440 York Myst. xxx. 46 Nowe saye itt save may ye saffely For I will certefie þe same. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) xiiii. sig. Biiii^v To certefye this thinge sende for the damoysell. And than shal ye know by her owne mouthe. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12715 He certifiet sothely in his sad lettur, Þat Agamynon had goten to his gay spouse, Of Priam a prise doghter. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 343 [To] certifie that Arion was alive and safe. 1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 29 To certify this remark I may mention the case of a man. 1860 J. P. 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 infinitive, or object clause.) ΘΚΠ society > law > legal document > authenticating document > attest by certificate [verb (transitive)] certify1462 1462 R. Calle in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 369 Jenney and Yeluerton hathe certified vup in-to the Kynges Benche jnssurec[i]ons [and] congregacions a-yenste me. 1483 Act 1 Rich. III c. 7 § 2 The said Justices..to certify the same Proclamation to the Kings Justices of the Common Pleas. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 214 Unless the judge shall certify under his hand that the freehold or title of the land came chiefly in question.a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) iii. 162 The proper Officer,..comparing every Article with its Voucher, certified them to be right.1801 in Med. Jrnl. (1804) 12 444 This is to certify, that Drs. Marshall and Walker attended at the hospital at Malta, etc.1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) VI. 120 It was certified by the Court of King's Bench to the Court of Chancery, in a modern case.1885 Law Times 16 May 38/1 The magistrate confidently reversed the previous medical opinion, and certified the man as not insane. b. To transfer or convey (land) by formal certification. ΚΠ 1845 J. J. Hooper Some Adventures Capt. Simon Suggs vi. 71 Her father must ‘certify’ his land to him. c. U.S. Banking. to certify a cheque: see quot. 1864. ΚΠ 1864 G. A. Sala 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 Webster's Dict. Suppl. Certified check, a bank-check, the validity of which is certified by the bank on which it is drawn. d. To declare (a person) officially insane. (Cf. quot. 1874 at sense 4a for sense 4.) ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > drive mad [verb (transitive)] > certify or commit to take away1834 certify1877 to put away1938 1877 J. 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. 1883 T. S. Clouston Clin. Lect. Mental Dis. xix. 612 The question of whether the patient should be certified as a lunatic or not. 1883 T. S. Clouston Clin. Lect. Mental Dis. xix. 613 It is proper, having determined that he should be certified, to ask what legal risk there is. 1892 H. H. Newington in D. H. Tuke Dict. Psychol. Med. I. 189/2 Asylum officers or medical men officially in charge of certified patients. 1927 D. K. Henderson & R. D. 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. 1930 D. L. Sayers & ‘R. Eustace’ Documents in Case 72 The man's as mad as a hatter! I nearly sent round to get him certified. 1958 P. G. Wodehouse 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). ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > inform (a person) > for certain certify1340 encertaina1533 certionate1558 certiorate1637 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > assure, make certain [verb (transitive)] certify1340 assure1393 surec1460 ascertain1490 recognosce1533 secure1602 sickera1693 vouch1780 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 6846 Pilat sent til Tyberius..to certifie hym of þis cas. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xlv. 175 Was certifijd of the dethe of the cockes. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xii. 8 Speake..to the fyshes of the see, and they shal certifie the. 1581 B. Rich Farewell Militarie Profession 58 Certifying his mother the truthe which he had learned. 1675 Pennsylvania Arch. I. 32 These are to Certifye all whom it may concerne. 1765 H. Walpole Lett. (1861) IV. 334 The next post will probably certify you of his death. 1797 R. Southey in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (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. ΚΠ 14.. Mann. & Househ. Exp. 564 I..sertefynge ȝowe I was late..a monge ryte worschepeful folke. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. viii. 16 The same sprete certifieth oure sprete that we are the Sonnes of God. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. iii. 31 I goe to certifie her Talbot's here. View more context for this quotation 1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 237 The Sheriff is to make his return, and certefy the Justices, whether the party have sufficient Goods and Chattells. 1878 R. Simpson School of Shakspere I. 56 The following letter certified Cecil that..White was not to inherit all. c. reflexive. To make oneself certain, inform oneself certainly; to ascertain. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > render certain [verb (reflexive)] resolvec1565 certify1600 ascertain1601 1600 R. Hakluyt tr. J. Gonzalez de Mendoça in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 394 After hee had fully certified himselfe of the riches abouesayd. 1858 in L. Campbell & W. Garnett Life J. C. Maxwell (1882) x. 308 I hope to certify myself ere long what sort of ‘friend's wife’ I am to have. 4. a. intransitive. To make certification; to testify to, vouch for. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > bear witness, testify [verb (intransitive)] to bear (one) witnesslOE witne?c1225 to bear witnessinga1300 to bear recordc1330 testimonyc1330 testify1377 witnessc1380 recordc1400 militatec1600 suffragate1620 testate1624 depone1640 attest1672 rap1728 certify1874 certificate1907 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) xxxiii. 199 They will..be Lazie..and spend Victuals, and be quickly weary, and then Certifie ouer to their Country, to the Discredit of the Plantation. 1829 R. Southey in For. Rev. & Cont. Misc. III. 49 Those for whom the priests would certify might remain.1874 A. S. Taylor Man. Med. Jurispr. (ed. 9) lxii. 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. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > judge or act as judge [verb (intransitive)] > give certificate for costs certify1867 1867 Act 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. 1887 J. E. Davis Pract. County Crts. (ed. 6) 122 Where a Judge certifies under sect. 5 of the County Courts (Costs and Salaries) Act, 1882, a minute of the certificate..shall be entered on the minutes of the Court. 1889 C. A. White Archbold's County Court Pract. (ed. 10) 135 A judge has no power to allow costs on a higher scale unless he certify under the above section. 1910 Encycl. Brit. VII. 224/2 In every indictable case in which the committing justices or the court of trial certify for legal aid. Derivatives ˈcertifying n. certification. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > informing for certain certifyinga1387 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > [noun] certaininga1300 faitha1382 certifyinga1387 assuring1530 certification1533 assurance1609 securement1622 certioration1653 ensurance1654 assecurationa1656 insurance1660 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. 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