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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This beauteous colour nature decks, While it insures you large milk cheques, And certes you've much cause to praise, For hogs and cattle that you raise.
From Poems of James McIntyre by James McIntyre
Never has tumbler done such a feat, and, certes, it is not bad.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Eugene Mason
As for Her Highness, certes, it is not needed that I should proclaim her qualities.
From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by J. Fenimore Cooper
And also certes, if I governede am by thy counseil, it schulde seme that I hadde given to the over me the maistry; and God forbid er it so were.
From The English Novel And the Principle of its Development by Sidney Lanier
Thanne comth drede to biginne to werke any gode werkes; for certes he that is enclyned to sinne, him thinketh it is so greet an empryse for to undertake to doon werkes of goodnesse....
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
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