ascertainmentn.

/asəˈteɪnmənt/

Etymology: < ascertain v. + -ment suffix; compare Old French acertenement.

The process or result of ascertaining.

1. Reduction to certainty; exact determination, limitation, settlement. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

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

affirmationc1419

confirmation1419

certificatec1508

confirmance1588

validation1656

ascertainment1657

determinationa1676

firmation1684

ascertaining1685

fact-checking1936

1657 O. Cromwell Speech 21 Apr. (1871) V. 37 That a period might be put, and some ascertainment made, and a time fixed.

1780 E. Burke Speech Oeconomical Reformation 94 For the ascertainment and security of tenant and other rights.

1866 D. Maclachlan Arnould's Law Marine Insurance (ed. 3) I. i. i. 13 Essential to the very notion of an indemnity is the accurate and nice ascertainment of the perils insured against.

2. Determination as the result of investigation; finding out, discovery.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > [noun]

contrivingc1330

discoverya1527

inventiona1538

out-finding1554

boulting out1563

reperition1610

elicitation1655

ascertainment1821

1821 J. Mackintosh in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 237 Such facts bound our researches..and the ascertainment of them is the utmost possible attainment of Science.

1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. iii. i. §2 The ascertainment of these angular distances.

1863 T. H. Huxley Evid. Man's Place Nature ii. 57 The question of questions for mankind..is the ascertainment of the place which Man occupies in nature.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	ascertainment
释义	ascertainmentn. /asəˈteɪnmənt/ Etymology: < ascertain v. + -ment suffix; compare Old French acertenement. The process or result of ascertaining. 1. Reduction to certainty; exact determination, limitation, settlement. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > [noun] > by validation affirmationc1419 confirmation1419 certificatec1508 confirmance1588 validation1656 ascertainment1657 determinationa1676 firmation1684 ascertaining1685 fact-checking1936 1657 O. Cromwell Speech 21 Apr. (1871) V. 37 That a period might be put, and some ascertainment made, and a time fixed. 1780 E. Burke Speech Oeconomical Reformation 94 For the ascertainment and security of tenant and other rights. 1866 D. Maclachlan Arnould's Law Marine Insurance (ed. 3) I. i. i. 13 Essential to the very notion of an indemnity is the accurate and nice ascertainment of the perils insured against. 2. Determination as the result of investigation; finding out, discovery. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > [noun] contrivingc1330 discoverya1527 inventiona1538 out-finding1554 boulting out1563 reperition1610 elicitation1655 ascertainment1821 1821 J. Mackintosh in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 237 Such facts bound our researches..and the ascertainment of them is the utmost possible attainment of Science. 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. iii. i. §2 The ascertainment of these angular distances. 1863 T. H. Huxley Evid. Man's Place Nature ii. 57 The question of questions for mankind..is the ascertainment of the place which Man occupies in nature. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1657
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