Obs. [ad. L. certātiōn-em, f. certāre to contend, etc.] Contention, strife.
1572. Forrest, Theoph., 916. Man … Shall have assiste in that certation.
1623. Cockeram, Certation, strife.
¶ In the following it appears to be = Certification.
c. 1500. Blowbol’s Test., in Halliwell, Nugæ Poeticæ, 2.
| He gaf me many a good certacion, | |
| With right and holsom predicacion. |
