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ascertain, v. 1. determine, establish, identify, pin [s.t.] down, SI. peg, SI. button down; verify, confirm, make certain of, make sure, determinate; conclude, resolve, settle, decide, come to a decision.
2. discern, figure, apprehend, grasp, understand, come to know; learn about, acquire knowledge of or information about; detect, discover, make out, get at; ferret out, dig out, unearth, uncover. ascetic, n. 1. abstainer, self-denier, celibate, puritan; penitent, Islam, fakir, Islam, dervish, Islam. Calender, Hinduism, yogi; self-punisher, self-tormentor, religious fanatic, flagellant, hair shirt wearer.
2. (in the early Christian church) monk, hermit, eremite, anchorite, anchoret, recluse, solitary, stylite; an-cress, hermitess, Obs. hermitress, nun.

-adj. 3. abstinent, abstemious, self-denying, self-mortifying, self-lacerating, self-punishing, self-tormenting, flagellant.
4. austere, strict, harsh, severe, rigorous, stern, puritanical, puritanic, frugal, plain.
5. continent, celibate, temperate, moderate, restrained, self-controlled, self-disciplined. asceticism, n. self-denial, self-abnegation, self-mortification; mortification of the flesh, self-punishment, self-torment, self-laceration, flagellation, scourging, flagellantism; abstinence, fasting, penance, sackcloth and ashes, monasticism, self-renunciation; puritanism, abstemiousness, continence, celibacy; self-control, self-restraint, self-discipline. ascribable, adj. 1. attributable, assignable; imputable, chargeable, accusable.
2. explicable, explainable, accountable, traceable. ascribe, v. 1. attribute, assign, credit, accredit, give credit for, put down, chalk up to; impute, charge with, lay on, blame, accuse.
2. associate, connect, link, tie in, couple, match or pair up, relate, think of together, consider jointly or in union; count, account, deem, hold, repute, esteem, refer, consider or regard as. ascription, n. 1. attribution, attributing, assignment, assigning, adscription, creditation, accreditation, accrediting, chalking up to; imputation, imputing, charging, laying on, blaming, accusal, accusing.
2. exaltation, glorification, extolment, laudation; doxology, hosanna, hallelujah, alleluia, hymn; Te Deum, Liturgy. Gloria, Magnificat; tribute, eulogy, eulogization, commendation. ash, n. 1. cinder, ember, coal; slag, scoria, residue; lava, volcanic rock.
2. ashes paleness, ghastliness, pallor, sallowness, wanness.
3. ashes ruins, remains, vestiges, relics, Archaic, reli-ques; cremains, reliquiae; leftovers, bits, pieces, fragments. ashamed, adj. 1. embarrassed, humiliated, mortified, abashed, humbled, chagrined, chapfallen; distressed, discomforted, uneasy, disconcerted, out of countenance; discomposed, confused, perplexed, bewildered; put down, brought down, degraded, disgraced, dishonored; put to the blush, redfaced, Inf. red, sheepish, exposed, naked, stripped.
2. conscience-stricken, shamefaced, guilty, hangdog, remorseful, with one's tail between one's legs; disappointed or displeased in oneself.
3. unwilling, restrained, reserved, deterred, reluctant; bashful, modest, meek, shy, self-conscious, Archaic. verecund; decent, proper, innocent, chaste, virginal, pure; prudish, squeamish.