[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

certain \cer"tain\, a. f. certain, fr. assumed ll. certanus,
   fr. l. certus determined, fixed, certain, orig. p. p. of
   cernere to perceive, decide, determine; akin to gr. ? to
   decide, separate, and to e. concern, critic, crime, riddle a
   sieve, rinse, v.
   1. assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions
      concerning.
      1913 webster

            to make her certain of the sad event. --dryden.
      1913 webster

            i myself am certain of you.           --wyclif.
      1913 webster

   2. determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive.
      1913 webster

            however, i with thee have fixed my lot,
            certain to undergo like doom.         --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
      1913 webster

            the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof
            sure.                                 --dan. ii. 45.
      1913 webster

   4. actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.
      1913 webster

            virtue that directs our ways
            through certain dangers to uncertain praise.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

            death, as the psalmist saith, is certain to all.
                                                  --shak.
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   5. unfailing; infallible.
      1913 webster

            i have often wished that i knew as certain a remedy
            for any other distemper.              --mead.
      1913 webster

   6. fixed or stated; regular; determinate.
      1913 webster

            the people go out and gather a certain rate every
            day.                                  --ex. xvi. 4.
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   7. not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or
      some; -- sometimes used independenty as a noun, and
      meaning certain persons.
      1913 webster

            it came to pass when he was in a certain city.
                                                  --luke. v. 12.
      1913 webster

            about everything he wrote there was a certain
            natural grace und decorum.            --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   for certain, assuredly.

   of a certain, certainly.

   syn: bound; sure; true; undeniable; unquestionable;
        undoubted; plain; indubitable; indisputable;
        incontrovertible; unhesitating; undoubting; fixed;
        stated.
        1913 webster
see also:
for certain of a certain 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

certain \cer"tain\, n.
   1. certainty. obs. --gower.
      1913 webster

   2. a certain number or quantity. obs. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

certain \cer"tain\, adv.
   certainly. obs. --milton.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

certain
     adj 1: definite but not specified or identified; "set aside a
            certain sum each week"; "to a certain degree";
            "certain breeds do not make good pets"; "certain
            members have not paid their dues"; "a certain popular
            teacher"; "a certain mrs. jones" syn: certaina
     2: having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and
        assured; "felt certain of success"; "was sure or certain
        she had seen it"; "was very sure in his beliefs"; "sure of
        her friends" syn: certainp, sure ant: uncertain,
         uncertain
     3: established beyond doubt or question; definitely known;
        "what is certain is that every effect must have a cause";
        "it is certain that they were on the bus"; "his fate is
        certain"; "the date for the invasion is certain" syn: certainp
        ant: uncertain
     4: certain to occur; destined or inevitable; "he was certain to
        fail"; "his fate is certain"; "in this life nothing is
        certain but death and taxes"- benjamin franklin; "he faced
        certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to
        win" syn: sure ant: uncertain
     5: established irrevocably; "his fate is sealed" syn: sealed
        ant: unsealed
     6: capable of being depended on; "a quick and certain remedy";
        "a sure way to distinguish the two"; "wood dust is a sure
        sign of termites" syn: sure
     7: exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance;
        "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through";
        "be sure to lock the doors" syn: sure
see also:
certaina certainp sure uncertain sealed unsealed 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

286 moby thesaurus words for "certain":
   a, a certain, absolute, accurate, actual, adducible, admissible,
   agape, agog, all agog, an, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative,
   anticipatory, any, any one, apodictic, ascertained, assured,
   atomic, attestative, attested, attestive, authentic, authenticated,
   awaiting, based on, believing, bound, categorically true,
   certified, changeless, circumstantial, clear, clear and distinct,
   clear as day, cocksure, composite, conclusive, concrete, confident,
   confirmable, confirmed, constant, convinced, convincing,
   corroborated, covered, credible, cumulative, damning, decided,
   decisive, defined, definite, demonstrable, demonstrated,
   dependable, destined, detailed, determinate, determinative,
   determined, devout, different, distinct, distinguished, divers,
   documentary, documented, dogmatic, doubtless, eager, effectual,
   either, ensured, esoteric, especial, established, evidential,
   evidentiary, ex parte, exceptional, exclusive, expectant,
   expecting, express, extraordinary, eye-witness, factual, faithful,
   fated, fateful, fideistic, final, firm, firsthand, fixed,
   forearmed, forestalling, forewarned, founded on, gaping,
   grounded on, guaranteed, hearsay, historical, hopeful, implicit,
   impressed with, in anticipation, in expectation, in the cards,
   incontestable, incontrovertible, indefeasible, indicative,
   indisputable, individual, indivisible, indubitable, ineluctable,
   ineludible, inescapable, inevasible, inevitable, inexorable,
   infallible, inflexible, inner, insured, integral, intimate,
   invariable, irreducible, irrefutable, irresistible, irrevocable,
   lone, looking for, looking forward to, many, material, measured,
   minute, monadic, monistic, more, more than one, necessary,
   not in error, not singular, not surprised, noteworthy, numerous,
   nuncupative, objectively true, one, optimistic, overwhelming,
   particular, perfectly sure, permanent, personal, persuaded,
   pietistic, pious, pistic, plausible, plural, pluralistic,
   plurative, positive, precise, predestined, predetermined, prepared,
   presumptive, private, probative, provable, proved, quantified,
   quantitative, quantitive, quantized, ready, real, relentless,
   reliable, resistless, respective, sanguine, satisfied, secure,
   secured, set, settled, several, significant, simple, single,
   singular, sold on, sole, solid, solipsistic, solitary, some,
   special, specific, stable, standard, stated, steady, stipulated,
   substantiated, suggestive, sundry, sure, sure as death,
   sure as fate, sure-enough, surefire, symptomatic, telling,
   traditional, true, true as gospel, trustworthy, truthful,
   unalterable, unambiguous, unanalyzable, unavoidable, unchanging,
   unconfuted, uncontestable, uncontrollable, undeflectable,
   undeniable, undenied, under the impression, undisputed, undivided,
   undoubted, undoubtful, undoubting, unequivocal, unerring,
   unerroneous, unevadable, unfailing, unfallacious, unfalse, uniform,
   unique, unitary, univocal, unmistakable, unmistaken, unnamed,
   unpreventable, unquestionable, unquestioned, unrefuted,
   unspecified, unstoppable, unsurprised, unyielding, valid,
   validated, various, veracious, verifiable, verified, veritable,
   waiting, waiting for, warranted, watching for, weighty,
   well-grounded, whole, written

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