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Verb: ascertain  ,a-su(r)'teyn
  1. Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
    "ascertain whether the train leaves on time";
    - determine, check, find out, see, watch, learn
     
  2. Learn or discover with certainty
    "The detective ascertained the suspect's whereabouts"
     
  3. Establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
    "ascertain the product of two numbers";
    - determine, find, find out
     
  4. Carefully verify or confirm something
    "ascertain that all doors are locked before leaving";
    - see, check, insure, ensure, make sure, make certain

Derived forms: ascertains, ascertained, ascertaining

Type of: act, demonstrate, discover, establish, find out, get a line [informal], get wind, get word, hear, learn, move, pick up, prove, see, shew [Brit, archaic], show, verify