certes
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of certes
1200–50; Middle English < Old French phrase a certes < Latin *ā certīs, literally, from sure (things); see a- 4, certain
Example Sentences
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"Now I know it of a sooth, but certes, at first I believed thee."
From Tales from the Old French by Various
And, certes, they were all apparelled in gowns of white silk, broidered with gold of special design.
From The Book of the Duke of True Lovers by Pisan, Christin? de
No longer young, with but little taste in ornament and dress, and certes quite unversed in all those wiles, which might have drawn this brilliant butterfly into her net.
From The Tangled Skein by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
On the left hand dwell The iron-workers, called the Chalybes, Of whom beware, for certes they are uncouth And nowise bland to strangers.
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
A vous la belle demoiselle, Je vous apporte une nouvelle, Qui certes vous surprendra fort.
From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis
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