Both Uses of
ascertain
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- When the new wore off his grandfather's watch, and carrying it became a day's burdensome task, Jem no longer felt the necessity of ascertaining the hour every five minutes.
p. 69.0ascertaining = determining
- After consulting a tree to ascertain from its lichen which way was south, and taking no lip from the subordinates who ventured to correct him, Colonel Maycomb set out on a purposeful journey to rout the enemy and entangled his troops so far northwest in the forest primeval that they were eventually rescued by settlers moving inland.
p. 296.8 *ascertain = determine
Definition:
find out, learn, or determine with certainty (usually by making an effort)