ascertain
verb (used with object)
to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine.
ascertainer
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a word derived from
ascertain.
Example Sentences
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He will, perhaps, deny that he has, and will contend that he has used it in the latter sense as equivalent to the ascertainer or criterion of value.
From The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg by James Hogg
After all, however, truth is to be accepted; and testimony, when so various and decisive, is an ascertainer of truth.
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon
