Certes

//ˈsɝ.tiz// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb

1
Certainly, indeed. archaic, not-comparable
"[F]or certes, ſayes he, / I haue already choſen my officer, and what was he? / Forſooth, a great Arithmeticion, [...]"

Synonyms

of course truly verily

Example

"[F]or certes, ſayes he, / I haue already choſen my officer, and what was he? / Forſooth, a great Arithmeticion, [...]"

Etymology

From Middle English certes, from Old French [Term?], from Latin certus (“certain”).

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