CERTAIN, adjective 1. Sure; true; undoubted; unquestionable; that cannot be denied; existing in fact and truth. The dream is certain and the interpretation sure. Daniel 2:45. 2. Assured in mind; having no doubts; followed by of, before a noun. However I with thee have fixed my lot, CERTAIN to undergo like doom of death, Consort with thee. To make her certain of the sad event. 3. Unfailing; always producing the intended effect; as, we may have a certain remedy for a disease. 4. Not doubtful or casual; really existing. Virtue that directs our ways Through certain dangers to uncertain praise. 5. Stated; fixed; determinate; regular. Ye shall gather a certain rate every day. Exodus 16:4. 6. Particular. There came a certain poor widow. Mark 12:1. In the plural number, a particular part or number; some; an indefinite part, number, or quantity. Hanani came, he and certain men of Judah. I mourned certain days. Nehemiah 1:2. 6. In the latter sense, it is used as a noun; as, certain also of your own poets have said. Acts 17:5.
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