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A written or printed statement that can be used as proof of something because it is official.

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Used as a noun, listen here, it means: A written or printed statement that can be used as proof of something because it is official. Used as a verb, listen here, it means: To testify to, furnish with, authorize, or license by a certificate.

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  • My mother had to send me to the movies with my birth certificate, so that I wouldn't have to pay the extra fifty cents that the adults had to pay.
  • Verb (used with object) : to certificate a teacher
  • Apparently Rosen did not sign the title certificate dated July 23, 1936.
  • I'm sure the certificate is around here somewhere.
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  • Word of the 2009 Nat. Spelling Bee finals.[pellingbeeshirleys!Field2]
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