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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
certain
adj
  1. definite but not specified or identified; "set aside a certain sum each week"; "to a certain degree"; "certain breeds do not make good pets"; "certain members have not paid their dues"; "a certain popular teacher"; "a certain Mrs. Jones"
  2. having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured; "felt certain of success"; "was sure (or certain) she had seen it"; "was very sure in his beliefs"; "sure of her friends"
    Synonym(s): certain(p), sure
    Antonym(s): incertain, uncertain, unsure
  3. established beyond doubt or question; definitely known; "what is certain is that every effect must have a cause"; "it is certain that they were on the bus"; "his fate is certain"; "the date for the invasion is certain"
    Antonym(s): uncertain
  4. certain to occur; destined or inevitable; "he was certain to fail"; "his fate is certain"; "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes"- Benjamin Franklin; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win"
    Synonym(s): certain, sure
    Antonym(s): uncertain
  5. established irrevocably; "his fate is sealed"
    Synonym(s): sealed, certain
    Antonym(s): uncertain, unsealed
  6. reliable in operation or effect; "a quick and certain remedy"; "a sure way to distinguish the two"; "wood dust is a sure sign of termites"
    Synonym(s): certain, sure
  7. exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance; "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through"; "be sure to lock the doors"
    Synonym(s): certain, sure
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Certain \Cer"tain\, a. [F. certain, fr. (assumed) LL. certanus,
      fr. L. certus determined, fixed, certain, orig. p. p. of
      cernere to perceive, decide, determine; akin to Gr. [?] to
      decide, separate, and to E. concern, critic, crime, riddle a
      sieve, rinse, v.]
      1. Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions
            concerning.
  
                     To make her certain of the sad event. --Dryden.
  
                     I myself am certain of you.               --Wyclif.
  
      2. Determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive.
  
                     However, I with thee have fixed my lot, Certain to
                     undergo like doom.                              --Milton.
  
      3. Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
  
                     The dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof
                     sure.                                                --Dan. ii. 45.
  
      4. Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.
  
                     Virtue that directs our ways Through certain dangers
                     to uncertain praise.                           --Dryden.
  
                     Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      5. Unfailing; infallible.
  
                     I have often wished that I knew as certain a remedy
                     for any other distemper.                     --Mead.
  
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Certain \Cer"tain\, n.
      1. Certainty. [Obs.] --Gower.
  
      2. A certain number or quantity. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Certain \Cer"tain\, adv.
      Certainly. [Obs.] --Milton.
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