(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ascertain.

absolute indication accomplishment acid test action aim allocation ambition animus answer appetence appetency appetite appraisal appraisement approximation ascertaining ascertainment aspiration assay assessment assignment assize assizement assurance attribution award balkiness bigotry blank determination bounding bringing to light brouillon bullheadedness burden of proof calculation casual discovery catching certification chance discovery check checking choice circling-in circumscribing circumscription clearing up collation command commitment computation conation conatus conclusion conclusive evidence condemnation confirmation consideration constancy correction counsel cracking criterion crucial test crucible damning evidence decidedness decipherment decision decisiveness decoding decree dedication definiteness definition delimitation deliverance demarcation demonstration denomination denouement desideration desideratum design designation desire detection determinateness determinedness determining devotion diagnosis dictum disclosure discovery discretion disentanglement disposition distinguishment docimasy doggedness dogmatism doom earnestness effect effort encincture end end result endeavor ensuring espial essay establishment estimate estimation evaluation excavation exertion exhumation explanation exposure fanaticism fancy feeling out find finding finding out finding-out firmness first draft fixed mind fixed purpose fixing fortitude free choice free will function gauging grit guts hardheadedness headstrongness idea inclination inclusion-exclusion incontrovertible evidence indisputable evidence inflexible will instrumentation intendment intent intention interpretation intolerance invention ironclad proof issue judgement kiteflying liking locating location lucky strike lust meaning measure measurement measuring mensuration metric system mind motive mulishness nisus obduracy objective obstinacy obstinateness onus onus probandi opinionatedness ordeal order outcome overzealousness passion perseverance persistence pertinacity pigheadedness pinning down plan pleasure point precedent precision probation prognosis project pronouncement proof proposal prospectus purpose purposefulness quantification quantization rating reason reassurance reassurement recognition rediscovery relentlessness resoluteness resolution resolve resolvedness resolving restiveness result revelation riddling rough draft rough sketch ruling sake selection self-will sentence serendipity seriousness settlement settling sexual desire signification sincerity single-mindedness solution solving sorting out sounding out specification spotting standard steadfastness stiff neck stiff-neckedness stipulation strain strike striving strongheadness struggle