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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Certificate

Cer-tĭf'i-cate, n.

noun

n. [Fr. certificat, It. certificato, from L. Lat. certificatus, made certain, p. p. of certificare. See infra.]

  1. A written testimony to the truth of any fact; as, a certificate of good behavior.
  2. A written declaration legally authenticated.

Trial by certificate, a trial in which the testimony of the person certifying is the only proper criterion of the point in dispute; as, when the issue is whether a person was absent in the army, this is tried by the certificate of the proper officer in writing, under his seal. Blackstone.

Cer-tif'i-cāte, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. CERTIFICATED; p. pr. & vb. n. CERTIFICATING.] [L. Lat. certifi-care, from Lat. certus, certain, and facere, to make; Pr. & Sp. certificar, It. certificare, Fr. certifier. See CERTIFY.]

  1. To verify by certificate.
  2. To furnish with a certificate; as, to certificate a pupil.