ascertain

/,æsə'tein/
Verb
  1. learn or discover with certainty
  2. find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
    • I want to see whether she speaks French
    • See whether it works
    • find out if he speaks Russian
    • Check whether the train leaves on time
  3. be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
    • He verified that the valves were closed
    • See that the curtains are closed
    • control the quality of the product
  4. establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
    • find the product of two numbers
    • The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize

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The detective works to ascertain the truth by examining the evidence.