ascertainmentn.
/asəˈteɪnmənt/ The process or result of ascertaining.
1. Reduction to certainty; exact determination, limitation, settlement. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > [noun] > by validation
affirmationc1419
confirmation1419
certificatec1508
confirmance1588
validation1656
ascertainment1657
determinationa1676
firmation1684
ascertaining1685
fact-checking1936
1657 O. Cromwell Speech 21 Apr. (1871) V. 37 That a period might be put, and some ascertainment made, and a time fixed.
1780 E. Burke Speech Oeconomical Reformation 94 For the ascertainment and security of tenant and other rights.
1866 D. Maclachlan Arnould's Law Marine Insurance (ed. 3) I. i. i. 13 Essential to the very notion of an indemnity is the accurate and nice ascertainment of the perils insured against.
2. Determination as the result of investigation; finding out, discovery.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > [noun]
contrivingc1330
discoverya1527
inventiona1538
out-finding1554
boulting out1563
reperition1610
elicitation1655
ascertainment1821
1821 J. Mackintosh in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 237 Such facts bound our researches..and the ascertainment of them is the utmost possible attainment of Science.
1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. iii. i. §2 The ascertainment of these angular distances.
1863 T. H. Huxley Evid. Man's Place Nature ii. 57 The question of questions for mankind..is the ascertainment of the place which Man occupies in nature.
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