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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And great need had I of this, for certes I was like to die or to lose my reason.
From The Book of the Duke of True Lovers by Pisan, Christin? de
"Dans l'opinion du peuple pour qui ces liyres ont ete ecrits le point capital et essentiel n'est certes pas la narration historiquc, mais bien la legislation et l'idification religieuse."
From Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses by Adler, Felix
My certes, sirs! just imagine Pepys playing the shocked Puritan, after having, perhaps, just committed some of those peccadilloes which he sets down so frankly in his ciphered “Diary.”
From The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)
He who biddeth me bear this in mind, doth but jibe; but certes, when you escape me again, no man else shall you mock:—but I brag over late.
From Tales from the Old French by Various
The knight loved it much, and certes, he would not part with it for any treasure; long had the folk of that land seen it in his possession.
From Tales from the Old French by Various
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