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Definition of Ascertains
1. ascertain [v] - See also: ascertain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ascertains
Literary usage of Ascertains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution by David Hume (1810)
"... as far as experience ascertains to us the qualities and capacities of man ;
and tending, by holding up fanciful models of polity, to render the votaries ..."
2. The Revised Reports by Robert Campbell, Frederick Pollock, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1892)
"decided,t that, where either the party himself or a person duly COLES authorised
by him ascertains the agreement by a signature, ..."
3. History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark: To by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Paul Allen (1902)
"... which ascertains the question—Romantic scenery of the surrounding country—Narrow
escape of captain Lewis— The main body under captain Clark approach ..."
4. Principles of Railroad Transportation by Emory Richard Johnson, Thurman William Van Metre (1920)
"How an agent ascertains rates on class and commodity freight, 158. Through and
local freight, 159. THE transportation service performed by the railroads ..."
5. The History of Georgia by Charles C[olcock] Jones (1883)
"OGLETHORPE ascertains THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. — INDIAN DANCE.
RETURNING from our visit to the Salzburgers, during which we have ..."
6. Memoirs of the Court of England During the Reign of the Stuarts,: Including by John Heneage Jesse (1855)
"... System of employing Spies—He discovers the Projects of Lord Orrery— His singular
Interview with that Nobleman—He ascertains that the Marquis of Ormond ..."
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