[f. prec. sb.]
1. trans. To attest (a fact) by a certificate.
2. To furnish (a person) with a certificate. (To certificate out of: cf. ARGUE v. 8, 9.)
1818. Todd, Certificate, a word of very recent date, signifying to give a certificate to a person, that he has passed a particular examination, or that he is justly entitled to some claim.
1865. Dickens, Mut. Fr., I. 256. The homely stock of love that had never been examined or certificated out of her.
1870. Daily News, 12 Nov., 5/2. To register and certificate midwives.
1881. New Eng. Jrnl. Education, XIV. 345. The teacher … was certificated for one of the lower grades.
3. To license or authorize by certificate.
1884. Manch. Exam., 9 Sept., 5/3. Few of the excursionists know how many people the boat is certificated to carry.
Hence Certificated, Certificating.
1768. Blackstone, Comm., I. ix. 365. Apprentice or servant to such certificated person.
1858. Simmonds, Dict. Trade, Certificated Bankrupt, one who is freed from his liabilities, and holds a certificate from the Bankruptcy Court.
1864. Bp. of Lincoln’s Charge, 6. A smaller supply of trained and certificated teachers.
1869. Pall Mall Gaz., 29 Sept., 12/1. It does not parade this certificating character upon its title-page.
