ascertain
I
verb
acquire information, acquire intelligence about, adjudge, arrive at a conclusion, assure oneself, become acquainted with, certify, clear from obscurity, clear of doubt, clear of obscurity, cognoscere, come to a conclusion, come to know, comperire, conclude, confirm, decide, decipher, deduce, derive, descry, determine, discover, disentangle, draw a conclusion, establish, establish with certainty, explorare, fathom, ferret out, figure out, find, find out, find out exactly, find the answer, find the solution, learn about, make certain, make oneself acquainted with, make sure, prove, ravel, reassure oneself, remove doubt, render certain, render definite, resolve, satisfy oneself, solve, unearth, unravel, unriddle, unscramble, untangle, verify
associated concepts: ascertain loss, ascertained by law
II
index
assess (appraise), bear (adduce), decide, deduce, deduct (conclude by reasoning), determine, discern (detect with the senses), discover, distinguish, elucidate, ensure, establish (show), find (determine), find (discover), fix (settle), gauge, hold (decide), judge, notice (observe), prove, recognize (perceive), resolve (decide), rule (decide), settle, solve
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006