certificate

noun

1. A document containing a certified statement.
2. A document evidencing ownership or debt.
3. A document serving as evidence that a person has completed an educational course, issued either by an institution not authorised to grant diplomas, or to a student not qualifying for a diploma.
4. The information needed in order to verify a positive answer to a problem.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of public key certificate.
6. (British, Ireland)A motion picture age rating.

   “The film is certificate 15.”

7. (obsolete)Synonym of certification.

   “[W]herfoꝛe, ſeing thei be clere in cõſcience, the cauſe weightie, the cõfutation ouerlong, ⁊ can not be aunſwered, befoꝛe they make certificat home to their cities, they deſyꝛe fyꝛſt therfoꝛe to haue a copie, ſecondarely, that credite be not geuen to this accuſation, before ſuche tyme as their pourgation be heard and examined: […]”

   “[H]e dyd acknowledge his offence, and with earneſt repentaunce dyd flee vnto the mercye of God, takyng ſure holde thervpon, thꝛough ſayth in him whõ he had ſo ſhamefully denyed, his ſynne was foꝛgeuen hym, and foꝛ a certificate and aſſuraunce therof, the rome of his Apoſtle ſhip was not denied vnto him.”

   “Again, whereas many other Eccleſiaſticall Livings, ſince the Certificate of their value into the Exchequer about the 26 of H. 8. are improved and made better; […]”

verb

1. To supply with a certificate, especially following certification.

adj

1. Certified, assured.