ascertainedadj.
/asəˈteɪnd/ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > [adjective] > fixed, settled
to make it tautc1325
certain1393
assured1430
suredc1450
ascertaineda1513
ratified1533
testified1552
assecurit?1553
affirmed1568
settled1578
sure1582
fastened1596
secured1600
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. xxxiii. f. xiiii So yt no tyme asserteyned is to her deputed or set.
2. Discovered by investigation, known.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > [adjective] > ascertained
foundOE
ascertained1858
1858 E. H. Sears Athanasia xviii. 160 Professor Faraday considers it an ascertained fact.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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adj.a1513- to look round about
- to look row
- to look seek trouble
- to look seven ways for sunday
- to look sharp
- to look shockingly
- to look sideways
- to look six ways for sunday
- to look smart
- to look someone at the eyes
- to look sour
- to look squally
- to look squiggle-eyed
- to look squiggle-eyed at someone
- to look squiggleeyed
- to look squiggleeyed at someone
- to look straight through
- to look straight through a person
- to look straitly to
- to look strange
- to look successfully
- to look take care of number one
- to look the business
- to look the kind
- to look the other way