Certainty
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Certainty - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
CERTAINTY, n.
1. A fixed or real state; truth; fact.
Know for a certainty, that the Lord your God will no more drive out these nations. Josh 23. Luke 1.
2. Full assurance of mind; exemption from doubt.
Certainty is the perception of the agreement or disagreement of our ideas.
3. Exemption from failure; as the certainty of an event, or of the success of a medicine.
The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes.
4. Regularity; settled state.
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Read “Certain; Certainly; Certainty” in the 3 dictionariesSource of the article
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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