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Webster 1913 Edition


Certes

Cer′tes

,
adv.
[F.
certes
, for
à certes
, fr. L.
certus
. See
Certain
.]
Certainly; in truth; verily.
[Archaic]
Certes
it great pity was to see
Him his nobility so foul deface.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Certes

CERTES

,
adv.
Certainly; in truth; verily.

Definition 2024


certes

certes

English

Adverb

certes (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) indeed; certainly.
    • Herman Melville, Omoo
      This was very unpleasant, at least to myself; though, certes, it did not prey upon the minds of the others.

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Catalan

Adjective

certes

  1. feminine plural of cert

French

Pronunciation

Adverb

certes

  1. indeed, admittedly, fair enough, certainly, surely, absolutely, decidedly, definitively

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Ladin

Adjective

certes f pl

  1. feminine plural of cert

Latin

Verb

certēs

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of certō

Middle English

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Etymology

Borrowing from Old French certes

Adverb

certes

  1. certainly
  2. indeed; of course

Old French

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Adverb

certes

  1. of course; indeed

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