Word: ascertained
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: a
scer
tained
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of ascertain; establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
Morphemes:
Affix: ascertain
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To establish, to prove.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: a-
Language: fro
Decoded: a-
Meaning: to, towards
Affix: certener
Language: fro
Decoded: certener
Meaning: make sure of
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.