6. Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.

The people go out and gather a certain rate every day.

Ex. xvi. 4.

7. Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; -- sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons.

It came to pass when he was in a certain city.

Luke. v. 12.

About everything he wrote there was a certain natural grace und decorum.

Macaulay.

For certain, assuredly. -- Of a certain, certainly.

Syn. -- Bound; sure; true; undeniable; unquestionable; undoubted; plain; indubitable; indisputable; incontrovertible; unhesitating; undoubting; fixed; stated.

Cer"tain, n. 1. Certainty. [Obs.] Gower.

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