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Definition of Ascertaining
1. ascertain [v] - See also: ascertain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ascertaining
Literary usage of Ascertaining
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biennial report by Minnesota Tax Commission, Washington (State). Board of State Land Commissioners, Washington (State), Board of State Land Commissioners (1910)
"Formula for ascertaining True Value The formula for ascertaining the true value
of real estate in a given county may be stated generally as follows: "As the ..."
2. Philosophical Transactions by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1805)
"Experiments for ascertaining how far Telescopes will enable us to determine very
small Angles, and to distinguish the real from the spurious Diameters of ..."
3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1920)
"It is their duty to use ordinary diligence in ascertaining the condition of its
business and to exercise reasonable control and supervision of its officers. ..."
4. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1852)
"... Fourteenth Year of MONTAGUE His Majesty's Reign. j L. e. j- year of her late
Majesty Queen Anne, Entitled An Act for ascertaining the Hates of foreign ..."
5. The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life by Hannah More (1827)
"It may be worth our while to consider what opinion they have formed ; since by
ascertaining their present judgment of the English character, ..."
6. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"Methods of ascertaining fitness.—Where an occupation demands for its safe ...
There are two principal methods of ascertaining fitness: the requirement of a ..."