To fix; to render certaiu or definite; to estimate and determine; to clear of doubt or obscurity. Brown v. Lyd-dy, 11 Hun, 456; Bunting v. Speek, 41 Kan. 424, 21 Pac. 288, 3 L. R. A. 690; Pughe v. Coleman (Tex. Civ. App.) 44 S. W. 578