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Definition of Certes
1. adv. Certainly; in truth; verily.
Definition of Certes
1. Adverb. (archaic) indeed; certainly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Certes
1. in truth [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Certes
Literary usage of Certes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"certes (quod 1) it is no doute that it is right worthy to be ... certes let (quod
I) vs adden it if we wil graunt the sothe. ..."
2. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury (1903)
"For certes fyr ne may nat comen out of no-thing, but-if it were f1rst in the ...
But certes, thilke man is ful fer fro the mercy of god al thilke while. ..."
3. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"And certes often like Sir Philip Francis. I've an hypothesis—'tis quite my own ;
I never let it out till now, for fear Of doing people harm about the throne ..."
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