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Definition of For certain
1. Adverb. Definitely or positively ('sure' is sometimes used informally for 'surely'). "Sure he'll come"
Language type: Colloquialism
Partainyms: Certain, Sure
Definition of For certain
1. Interjection. definitely, positively, without doubt ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of For Certain
Literary usage of For certain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1837)
"James Diggle, of Bury, Lancashire, for certain improvements in steam-engines.
... John Cox, of Bristol, soap-manufacturer, for certain improvements in the ..."
2. The Congressional Globe ...: 23d Congress to the 42d Congress, Dec. 2, 1833 ...by United States Congress, Francis Preston Blair, John Cook Rives, Franklin Rives, George A. Bailey by United States Congress, Francis Preston Blair, John Cook Rives, Franklin Rives, George A. Bailey (1872)
"... payment for certain, taken by the Government for the extension of the military
reservation at Camp Mohave, in the Territory of Arizona—[By Mr. Slocum. ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"... that they come in packages and are matched to certain octaves for certain
instruments, to wit, organs and pianos, five octaves for organs and seven ..."
4. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"If indeed he did not know where man goes to, yet he would at least believe that
he knew for certain how in the course of av>ns the progressive series shaped ..."
5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"Raysor & Summers, for certain of the heirs at law. Wolfe & Berry, for certain of
the heirs at law. ..."
6. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1840)
"Rice Harris, of Birmingham, gent., for certain improvements in cylinder plates and
... Henry Dircks, of Liverpool, engineer, for certain improvements in the ..."
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