CERTES

PRONUNCIATION: (suhr-TEEZ)

MEANING: adverb: Certainly.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old French certes, from Latin certus (certain). Earliest documented use: 1250.
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CERRES - largest asteroid we have yet identified, considered by some a dwarf planet

CERTERS - people who go about certifying things

CERATES - makes a saw-toothed edge