Ascertain

Examples

• Livius got out of the carriage, and picked the man up, to ascertain that he was alive, as he fell without uttering a groan. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I chatted with everybody who addressed me, just long enough to ascertain that they were uninteresting people. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• But if she DID, the letter was written and sent away with a privacy which eluded all her watchfulness to ascertain the fact. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• I wished to ascertain more of what she thought but no: she would converse no more. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I had had this explored before, as well as the east bank below to ascertain if there was a possible point of debarkation north of Rodney. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Is it the immediate object of this confidence, that you may at once ascertain that, with my knowledge? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• They appraised me in their own minds, I saw, and were curious to ascertain what my full value was. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• In the first place, as we began by observing, the nature of the philosopher has to be ascertained. Plato. The Republic.
• Stone in the bladder may be discovered, and the condition and movements of the heart and lungs ascertained. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• And yet, in general, nothing can be more easily ascertained. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The evidence is more complete than could well have been expected in a matter which is naturally so very difficult to be ascertained. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• First, the quantity and value of the land which any man possesses, can never be a secret, and can always be ascertained with great exactness. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• This ascertained, Zélie smiled, well pleased. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The intensity of the light was ascertained to be equal to that of 301,400 mould candles of six to the pound, whilst the light of the Breakwater Lighthouse was equal to only 150 candles. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• When the purpose of the activity is restricted to ascertaining these qualities, the resulting knowledge is only technical. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The Count let him have his way, first privately ascertaining, in case of his own interests being threatened next, where we lived. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• It is true that the abbé mentions the idea, but he throws it out as a bare conjecture, and proposes no mode of ascertaining the truth of it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• An instrument called a cyanometer, meaning measurer of blue, is used for ascertaining the intensity of color in the sky. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The reformers of science like Galileo, Descartes, and their successors, carried analogous methods into ascertaining the facts about nature. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• I was urged by compassion to hasten to the hut, for the purpose of ascertaining his situation, and administering to his wants. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I was ascertaining whether the cellar stretched out in front or behind. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Wool was commonly paid as a subsidy to the king, and its valuation in that subsidy ascertains, at least in some degree, what was its ordinary price. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

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