Of Bookish ThingsAscertain: to entertain (hold the attention) an ass.
Example: Keep telling him he won the election when all evidence points to a loss.
"Methought I was —
there is no man can tell what methought I was and
methought I had — but man is but a patched fool if he
will offer to say what methought I had."
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