Category:Uncertain

Un*cer"tain, a. Etym: [pref. un- + certain. Cf. Incertain.]

1. Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; Distrustful. Chaucer. Man, without the protection of a superior being,. . . is uncertain Of everything that he hopes for. Tillotson.

2. Irresolute; inconsonant; variable; untrustworthy; as, an uncertain Person; an uncertain breeze. O woman! In our hours of ease, uncertain, coy, and hard to please! Sir w. Scott.

3. Questionable; equivocal; indefinite; problematical. "the fashion Of uncertain evils." Milton. From certain dangers to uncertain praise. Dryden.

4. Not sure; liable to fall or err; fallible. Soon bent his bow, uncertain in his aim. Dryden. Whistling slings dismissed the uncertain stone. Gay.

Syn. -- see precarious.

Uncertain Un*cer"tain, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + certain; or fr. uncertain, A.]

Defn: to make uncertain. [obs.] Sir w. Raleigh.