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/sˈərtəfˌaɪd/ Listen

verb

Certify v. t. (past & past part. certified; pres. part. certifying)

1.

To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain. "We certify the king, that... thou shalt have no portion on this side the river."

2.

To give certain information of; to make certain, as a fact; to verify. "The industry of science at once certifies and greatly extends our knowledge of the vastness of the creation."

3.

To testify to in writing; to make a declaration concerning, in writing, under hand, or hand and seal. "The judges shall certify their opinion to the chancellor, and upon such certificate the decree is usually founded."

Certified check, A bank check, the validity of which is certified by the bank on which it is drawn.

adjective

certified adj.

1.

Endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements; guranteed; as, certified milk; certified mail; a certified check. Opposite of uncertified. (Narrower terms: certificated, credentialed, documented; guaranteed) See also certifiable.

2.

Legally insane according to clinical criteria.

Synonyms: certifiable.

3.

Holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill.

Synonyms: qualified.

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Etymology of 'Certified'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Certified" Quotes from Famous Books

... decayed; her spirkiting and timbers very rotten; that, having ripped off part of her sheathing, her wales and outside planks were extremely defective; and her bows and decks were very leaky. From all these defects and decays, they certified that, in their opinion, the vessel could not depart from Juan Fernandez, without great ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 • Robert Kerr

... act of 1792 the electors chosen in each state are required to assemble on the first Wednesday in December at some place in the state which is designated by the legislature. Before this date the governor of the state must cause a certified list of the names of the electors to be made out in triplicate and delivered to the electors. Having met together they vote for president and vice-president, make out a sealed certificate of their vote in triplicate, and attach to each copy a copy of ...

— Civil Government in the United States Considered with - Some Reference to Its Origins • John Fiske

... reference, was easy and not too somniferous. She reveled in the Art Institute, in symphonies and violin recitals and chamber music, in the theater and classic dancing. She almost gave up library work to become one of the young women who dance in cheese-cloth in the moonlight. She was taken to a certified Studio Party, with beer, cigarettes, bobbed hair, and a Russian Jewess who sang the Internationale. It cannot be reported that Carol had anything significant to say to the Bohemians. She was awkward with them, and felt ignorant, and she was shocked by the free manners which she had for years ...

— Main Street • Sinclair Lewis

... emergency by the service entitled, "The Ministration of Private Baptism of Children in Houses," as set forth in the Prayer Book. In this office no {31} provision is made for Sponsors. The child is to be brought afterwards into the Church to the intent that the congregation may be certified of the true Form of Baptism privately before used. Then it is publicly received and the Sponsors answer for the child and become responsible for its Christian training, ...

— The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia • William James Miller

... Antwerp and questions are being asked in Parliament. Unless the government can offer satisfactory assurances of action by F they are expected to fall tomorrow. Assured the PM I would put the utmost pressure on F, but I know it will do no good. The woman is mad; I would have her certified and locked up in an asylum in a second if only some other scientist would show some signs of getting results. Did not write a word on my ...

— Greener Than You Think • Ward Moore

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