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51inquire to ascertain facts — index investigation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
52Ascertained — 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.… …
53Ascertaining — 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.… …
54test the water — ascertain feelings or opinions before proceeding further. → test …
55discover — Ascertain by sight, hearing, or smell, and by information obtained from others. Carroll v United States, 267 US 132, 69 L Ed 543, 45 S Ct 280, 39 ALR 790 …
56ascertainable — ascertain ► VERB ▪ find out for certain. DERIVATIVES ascertainable adjective ascertainment noun. ORIGIN Old French acertener, from Latin certus settled, sure …
57ascertainment — ascertain ► VERB ▪ find out for certain. DERIVATIVES ascertainable adjective ascertainment noun. ORIGIN Old French acertener, from Latin certus settled, sure …
58find out — verb 1. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study (Freq. 33) find the product of two numbers The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize • Syn: ↑determine, ↑find, ↑ascertain • Der …
59Phage monographs — Bacteriophage (phage) are viruses of bacteria and arguably are the most numerous organisms on Earth. The history of phage study is captured, in part, in the books published on the topic (but see also phage meetings). Presented is a list of 100… …
60find — vb found, find·ing vt 1: to come upon accidentally or through effort found a valuable antique in the old desk found a buyer for the property 2: to make a judicial determination regarding …