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English
Etymology
From Middle English certes, from Old French , from Latin certus (“certain”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
certes (not comparable)
- (archaic) Certainly, indeed.
- Synonyms: of course, truly, verily
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. (First Quarto), London: N O for Thomas Walkley, , published 1622, →OCLC, , page 1:[F]or certes, ſayes he, / I haue already choſen my officer, and what was he? / Forſooth, a great Arithmeticion, [...]
1845, Herman Melville, Omoo:This was very unpleasant, at least to myself; though, certes, it did not prey upon the minds of the others.
1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:Here, certes, was no lost soul, but one who had gone joyfully to meet her Lord.
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
certes
- feminine plural of cert
French
Pronunciation
Adverb
certes
- (dated) certainly, surely, decidedly, definitely
- admittedly, granted, fair enough
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Ladin
Adjective
certes f pl
- feminine plural of cert
Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
certēs
- second-person singular present active subjunctive of certō
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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French certes.
Adverb
certes
- certainly; indeed; of course
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Parsons Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC,
folio cvi, verso, column 1:
Of the hinder part of her buttockes it is ful horrible for to ſe, for certes in that parte of her body there as they purge her ſtynkynge ordure, that foul partie ſhew they to yͤ people proudly in diſpite of honeſtie, which honeſtie that Jeſu Christ and hys frendes obſerued to ſhewe in her life.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Old French
Alternative forms
Adverb
certes
- of course; indeed
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