2. (a.) Determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive.
3. (a.) Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
4. (a.) Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.
5. (a.) Unfailing; infallible.
6. (a.) Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.
7. (a.) Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; -- sometimes used independently as a noun, and meaning certain persons.
8. (n.) Certainty.
9. (n.) A certain number or quantity.
10. (adv.) Certainly.