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   Cer·tif·i·cate

   noun

   • 1. an official document attesting a certain fact.
   • ▪ a document recording a person's birth, marriage, or death.
   • ▪ a document attesting a level of achievement in a course of study or training: "graduate certificate in information technology"
   • ▪ a document attesting ownership of a certain item: "a stock certificate"

   verb

   • 1. provide with or attest in an official document: British "the amounts earned have to be certificated by employers"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘certification, attestation’): from French certificat or medieval Latin certificatum, from certificare (see certify).

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