ppl. a. [f. CERTIFY v.]
Made certain; assured; certainly informed; attested by certificate; furnished with a certificate.
1611. Cotgr., Certifié, certified, assured, ascertained.
1865. Dickens, Mut. Fr., ii. 9. I must refer you to the Registrar of the District … for the certified cause of death.
1879. McCarthy, Own Times, IV. lii. 100 (Hoppe). If he bore the degree of a University, or was a minister of religion, a lawyer, a doctor, or a certified schoolmaster, he was to have the franchise.
1880. Webster, Supp., Certified check, a bank-check, the validity of which is certified by the bank on which it is drawn.
1883. J. Russell, New Educ. Code, 37. An elementary teacher … in … Certified Industrial Schools or Certified Reformatories.
