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from The Century Dictionary.
- An occasional and more correct form of
ascertain (which see).
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Examples
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I'd hate to cause any rift in personal friendships, and we know Lord Mandelson is a keen supporter of Miliband D, but I could not help being reminded of acertain somebody now hogging the headlines as he sells his book.
Labour must now stop this self-flagellation and regroup 2010
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This is because what I would like to do is to concentrate on the majority of the pages in this wonderful book, and not get hung up on the very few that raise acertain issue.
Rich and Mad by William Nicholson Marcus Sedgwick 2010
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“According to acertain personwho has a tendency to throw aroundserious accusationswithout the slightestevidence to back themup, the UCI protectscertain riders from therisk of failing a dopingtest. … it wouldbe very interesting toknow the names ofthese privileged riderswho have enjoyed suchfavourable treatment,” the article reads.
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They don'tcompare to story telling today but those showshad acertain charm that you can't deny.
Crusoe review 2008
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EI: Maggie, is there acertain amount of convention-tweaking when you have anactress who looks like Lindsay — just put her hairup and then put on glasses and suddenly she becomesplain?
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In WWII, such combatants were shot, either immediately or after a brief proceeding in the field to acertain that they were an out-of-uniform fighter and therefore there life was forfeit.
"Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday the Guantanamo detention center is a well-run, professional facility that will be difficult to close..." Ann Althouse 2009
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From what I hear from acertain writer whose name begins with S and ends in TROSS its an apparently contemporary novel but set across a series of alternate worlds.
Satellite 2: Glasgow Convention on Spaceflight – Report « INTERSTELLAR TACTICS 2009
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Let the game be played before you acertain the outcome.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Ricci and the Sotomayor Nomination: 2009
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Yet, I find some aspects of this story peculiar; surely it would be the matter of seconds to acertain where this incident occurred – the Disabled Parking Area – and whether the complainant had a right to be there.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Here's a thought I'm going to try to propagate: - in the last few months on Crimewatch there have been a few references to a case where it was useful to acertain where someone had been by analysing a sample of their hair.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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