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Webster 1913 Edition
Certainty
Cerā²tain-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Certainties
(#)
. [OF.
certaineteĢ
.] 1.
The quality, state, or condition, of being certain.
The
certainty
of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames.
2.
A fact or truth unquestionable established.
Certainties
are uninteresting and sating. Landor.
3.
(Law)
Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity.
Of a certainty
, certainly.
Webster 1828 Edition
Certainty
CERTAINTY
,Noun.
1.
A fixed or real state; truth; fact.Know for a certainty, that the Lord your God will no more drive out these nations. Josh. 23. Luke 1.
2.
Full assurance of mind; exemption from doubt.Certainty is the perception of the agreement or disagreement of our ideas.
3.
Exemption from failure; as the certainty of an event, or of the success of a medicine.The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes.
4.
Regularity; settled state.