verb (certifies, certifying, certified, certified)
1 ~ sb/sth (as) sth to state officially, especially in writing, that sth is true:
[V(that)] He handed her a piece of paper certifying (that) she was in good health. * This (= this document) is to certify that... * [VN-ADJ] He was certified dead on arrival. * The accounts were certified (as) correct by the finance department. [also VNtoinf]
2 [VN] [usuallypassive] ~ sb (as sth) to give sb an official document proving that they are qualified to work in a particular profession
3 [usuallypassive] (BrE, law) to officially state that sb is mentally ill, so that they can be given medical treatment:
[VN] Patients must be certified before they can be admitted to the hospital. [also VN-ADJ]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for certify is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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