Definitions for ascertains

ascertains as·cer·tain

Spelling: [as-er-teyn]
IPA: /ˌæs ərˈteɪn/

Ascertains is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 971 anagrams from letters in ascertains (aaceinrsst).

Definitions for ascertains

verb (used with object)

  1. to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine:
  2. Archaic. to make certain, clear, or definitely known.

Origin of ascertains

1400-50; late Middle English, variant of assertain, acertain Middle French acertain- (tonic stem of acertener to make certain), equivalent to a- a-5 + certain

Examples for ascertains

He first ascertains what is according to the rule, and then follows it as nearly as he is able.

He ascertains its leaf-food; which it eats promisingly; all goes on encouragingly.

For one's own dear self, one ascertains and remembers everything.

Man forms the idea of an ellipse, and ascertains the laws of ellipses.

He ascertains the will of the gods, who reveal themselves to him, who send him dreams, assure him of their assistance.

He ascertains 331 what will please her, and that is what he administers.

It is only bit by bit that one ascertains the truth in affairs like these.

The third ascertains our rights as to the fishery, and puts them upon the same footing that they were before the war.

If, like the mathematician, he can establish one point, it ascertains another.

Rigoletto has no immediate need of him, but ascertains where he can be found.

Word Value for ascertains
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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