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[n. ser-tif-i-kit; v. ser-tif-i-keyt]

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noun

a document serving as evidence or as written testimony, as of status, qualifications, privileges, or the truth of something.

a document attesting to the fact that a person has completed an educational course, issued either by an institution not authorized to grant diplomas, or to a student not qualifying for a diploma.

Law. a statement, written and signed, which is by law made evidence of the truth of the facts stated, for all or for certain purposes.

Finance.

gold certificate.

silver certificate.

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verb (used with object)

to furnish with or authorize by a certificate.

to issue an official certificate attesting to the training, aptitude, and qualification of: to certificate a teacher.

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a call or citation by authority to appear before a court or a judicial officer

the power of the state to take private property for public use with payment of compensation to the owner

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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English certificat < Medieval Latin certificātum, noun use of neuter of certificātus certified (past participle of certificāre), equivalent to certific- (see certify) + -ātus -ate¹

Related forms

cer·tif·i·ca·to·ry

[ser-tif-uh-ki-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective

non·cer·tif·i·cat·ed, adjective

un·cer·tif·i·cat·ed, adjective

Can be confused: certificate, degree, diploma, license.

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Hawaii's privacy laws have long barred the release of a certified birth certificate to anyone without a tangible interest.

Other students' projects are focused on ensuring that their peers walk out the door with the degree or certificate they earned.

My father was a junior, but not on his birth certificate.

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Hawaii's privacy laws have long barred the release of a certified birth certificate to anyone without a tangible interest.

Other students' projects are focused on ensuring that their peers walk out the door with the degree or certificate they earned.

My father was a junior, but not on his birth certificate.

Then print it out as a certificate or send it as an e-greeting.

He even produced a certificate from the local health department to prove it.

By the way, her age was changed on the marriage certificate.

Certificate authorities create a key pair of both a private and a public key for you.

Nguyen are backed by an eBay invoice that serves as a certificate of artistic.

The balance of graduate students were enrolled in certificate programs.

Even when someone with the disease dies, his death certificate may not say he had.

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He was a smoker, on his death certificate his death was listed as being smoking related.

Internet authorities quickly revoked the certificate.

Some boards, however, require a new certificate of occupancy in this situation.

In other words they hired her without a certificate but made her earn her certificate quickly.

The process is hardly glamorous: new countries do not get an embossed birth certificate or a fanfare.

Each handsome globe comes with a certificate of authenticity.

They each come with a certificate of authenticity imprinted on a plastic credit card.

Negersmith's death certificate would be amended to reflect a homicide.

The language about certificate programs is decades' old.

Each watch comes with a certificate of authenticity.

It enabled her to obtain a certificate to begin practicing medicine.

Krinsky told the woman that she would have to produce a death certificate to satisfy the authorities.

It posts that certificate along with the edited image online.

The certificate and a credit card number are included in some versions of the hacking.

Certificate must be redeemed in one visit, with no credit or no cash back.

California allows you to teach with an emergency credential as long as you show that you are enrolled in a certificate program.

Students compete in a calculus contest to win a gift certificate at the college bookstore.

Certificate cannot be used with other special offers.

Also, whether there are any free or low-cost online learning options that award some sort of certificate or degree.

Federal regulations require that pilots have a valid medical certificate in addition to a pilot's license to fly legally.

Postbaccalaureate certificate programs are a small but growing phenomenon in student affairs.

Players have been known to find families willing to lend a younger child's birth certificate so that a player can appear younger.

If you have insurance now, get a certificate of coverage from your current insurance carrier to present to the new carrier.

Pillow, a linens business, was asked why he did not have the required certificate of authority to charge sales tax.

Seminar attendees will receive a certificate of completion.

There are situations, however, where it may be impossible for an owner to obtain a certificate of occupancy.

He is weighing paid options, perhaps online, perhaps a certificate from a community college.

She died of old age, no matter what the death certificate says.

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World English Dictionary

certificate

—n
1.	an official document attesting the truth of the facts stated, as of birth, marital status, death, health, completion of an academic course, ability to practise a profession, etc
2.	short for share certificate

—vb
3.	(tr) to authorize by or present with an official document

[C15: from Old French certificat, from certifiercertify]

cer'tificatory

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

certificate

c.1480, "action of certifying," from Fr. certificat, from M.L. certificatum "thing certified," noun use of pp. of certificare (see certify). Of documents, from c.1490, especially a document which attests to someone's authorization to practice or do something (1549).

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