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ascertainment
CIDE DICTIONARY
ascertainment, n.
The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. [1913 Webster]
"The positive ascertainment of its limits." [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
ascertainment
Discovery
N discovery, detection, disenchantment, ascertainment, disclosure, find, revelation, trover.For further exploring for "ascertainment" in Webster Dictionary Online