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• v  provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes
• v  guarantee payment on; of checks
• v  authorize officially
• v  guarantee as meeting a certain standard
  certified grade AAA meat
• v  declare legally insane
• a  endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements
  a certified public accountant
• s  fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly)
• s  holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill

• To the rescue came Bill Fink, a San Francisco Moggie-phile and dealer who managed to get the car certified by running its BuickRover V8 on propane.
• E-Mail a Friend A new substance called aerogel, invented in the 1930s but recently refined by NASA, has been certified as the lightest solid in the world yes, it's in the .
• I am now board certified and a diplomate of the American Board of Neurosurgery.

• attest
• certify
• manifest
• demonstrate
• evidence
• license
• licence
• endorse
• indorse
• certifiable
• qualified

• decertify
• uncertified

News & Articles

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• Red Hat Honors Rafael Guimaraes as 2013 Red Hat Certified Professional of the Year
  Red Hat, Inc. , the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Rafael Guimaraes, analyst at Petrobras, has been named the 2013 Red Hat Certified Professional of the Year.
  June 14, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• Imagine Dragons' Full Length Debut Night Visions Certified RIAA Platinum In The US
  SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- KIDinaKORNER / Interscope recording artist IMAGINE DRAGONS' debut album, Night Visions is certified platinum by the RIAA. Night Visions , released on ...
  June 14, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
• State nationally certified teachers to be honored
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginias newest nationally certified teachers are being honored at a ceremony.The Department of Education says 61 teachers who received National Board Certification last year will be recognized Wednesday night at the Clay Center ...
  June 12, 2013 - The Charleston Gazette

Quotes

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• Robert Gates in International Herald Tribune
  All this may require rethinking long-standing service assumptions and priorities about which missions require certified pilots and which do not,Gates said, referring to so-called unmanned aerial vehicles that are controlled by service members...
• Harry Reid in International Herald Tribune
  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, said Monday that Burris would not be permitted to take his seat because Burris "has not been certified by the state of Illinois," a reference to incomplete paperwork that only touches on the...
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in Bloomberg
  The popular vote in Florida and Michigan has already been counted,Clinton said. "It was determined by election results. It was certified by election officials in each state. The question is whether those 2.3 million Democrats will be...