Found 4 items, similar to ascertain.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: ascertain memastikan
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: ascertain menetapkan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: ascertain ascertain v 1: after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; “find the product of two numbers”; “The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize” [syn: determine, find, find out] 2: be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; “He verified that the valves were closed”; “See that the curtains are closed”; “control the quality of the product” [syn: see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, assure] 3: find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; “I want to see whether she speaks French”; “See whether it works”; “find out if he speaks Russian”; “Check whether the train leaves on time” [syn: determine, check, find out, see, watch, learn] 4: learn or discover with certainty
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ascertain Ascertain \As`cer*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ascertained; p. pr. & vb. n. Ascertaining.] [OF. acertener; a (L. ad) + certain. See Certain.] 1. To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] When the blessed Virgin was so ascertained. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Muncer assured them that the design was approved of by Heaven, and that the Almighty had in a dream ascertained him of its effects. --Robertson. [1913 Webster] 2. To make (a thing) certain to the mind; to free from obscurity, doubt, or change; to make sure of; to fix; to determine. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] The divine law . . . ascertaineth the truth. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] The very deferring [of his execution] shall increase and ascertain the condemnation. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] The ministry, in order to ascertain a majority . . . persuaded the queen to create twelve new peers. --Smollett. [1913 Webster] The mildness and precision of their laws ascertained the rule and measure of taxation. --Gibbon. [1913 Webster] 3. To find out or learn for a certainty, by trial, examination, or experiment; to get to know; as, to ascertain the weight of a commodity, or the purity of a metal. [1913 Webster] He was there only for the purpose of ascertaining whether a descent on England was practicable. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]