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Certified   /sˈərtəfˌaɪd/   Listen
verb
Certify  v. t.  (past & past part. certified; pres. part. certifying)  
1.
To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain. "We certify the king, that... thou shalt have no portion on this side the river."
2.
To give certain information of; to make certain, as a fact; to verify. "The industry of science at once certifies and greatly extends our knowledge of the vastness of the creation."
3.
To testify to in writing; to make a declaration concerning, in writing, under hand, or hand and seal. "The judges shall certify their opinion to the chancellor, and upon such certificate the decree is usually founded."
Certified check, A bank check, the validity of which is certified by the bank on which it is drawn.


adjective
certified  adj.  
1.
Endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements; guranteed; as, certified milk; certified mail; a certified check. Opposite of uncertified. (Narrower terms: certificated, credentialed, documented; guaranteed) See also certifiable.
2.
Legally insane according to clinical criteria.
Synonyms: certifiable.
3.
Holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill.
Synonyms: qualified.





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"Certified" Quotes from Famous Books



... the sum to be raised in each town, the officers whose duty it is, cause a tax-list to be made out, in which the amount of each person's tax is set opposite his name and the estimated value of his property. The tax-list of each town, certified and signed by the proper persons, is put into the hands of the collector, with a warrant ordering the same ...
— The Government Class Book • Andrew W. Young
... of the Connecticut river are the richest in the Eastern States. The majestic growth of the timber certified that the soil is generally good, although the crops were off the ground. They grow here a large quantity of what is called the broom corn: the stalk and leaves are similar to the maize or Indian corn, but, instead of the ear, it throws ...
— Diary in America, Series One • Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)
... "and rompers for them all, and sand piles, and toys, and certified milk, and trained nurses—" And while she dreamed she hummed to herself in approval, and wasn't aware that the air she hummed was the Spanish Cavalier—and wasn't aware that Burdon Woodward was near until she suddenly awoke from her dream and found ...
— Mary Minds Her Business • George Weston
... and is baptized shall be saved; but be that believeth not shall be damned." So certified the risen Savior. Faith is made a condition of salvation. But God requires only a reasonable service. He must then have given evidence of the truth to which He requires assent. He hath given it abundantly; Christians "are compassed about with a ...
— Sermons on Various Important Subjects • Andrew Lee
... having granted to them the company of so good religious, but more especially the company of him who preached to them of their danger—whom they regarded as a distinguished servant of God, as he was. Some certified afterward that that place through which the boat had passed had been a rocky islet, and that they had seen it on other voyages; and they were astonished at having escaped on that occasion with life, attributing it, beyond doubt, ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXI, 1624 • Various


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