Meaning

• (with "the") Something certain.

Meaning

• Sure, positive, not doubting.

  "I was certain of my decision."

• Determined; resolved.

• Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.

• Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.

  "Bankruptcy is the certain outcome of your constant gambling and lending."

• Unfailing; infallible.

• I have often wished , that I knew so certain a remedy in any other disease

• Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.

• Known but not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; sometimes used independently as a noun, and meaning certain persons; see also "one".

Meaning

• (with of) Unnamed or undescribed members (of).

  "There were serious objections to certain of the proposals."