v. [f. L. certiōrā-re to certify (= certiōrem facĕre): see -ATE.] trans. To certify, inform authoritatively.
1637. Gillespie, Eng.-Pop. Cerem., Ep. B iij. We certiorate you … that … you have wrapped your selves in a very evill snare.
1820. Byron, in Moore, Life (1844), 442/1. I … should like to be certiorated of its safety in leaving Venice.
1853. Blackw. Mag., LXXIII. 133. The juveniles … are wont to certiorate mamma when the footstalks are tall enough for tartlets.
