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Webster 1913 Edition
Assure
As-sure
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Assured
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Assuring
.] 1.
To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.
His promise that thy seed shall bruise our foe . . .
Is past, and we shall live.
Assures
me that the bitterness of deathIs past, and we shall live.
Milton.
2.
To declare to, solemnly; to assert to (any one) with the design of inspiring belief or confidence.
I dare
Shall ever take alive the noble Brutus.
assure
thee that no enemyShall ever take alive the noble Brutus.
Shakespeare
3.
To confirm; to make certain or secure.
And it shall be
assured
to him. Lev. xxvii. 19.
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall
assure
our hearts before him. 1 John iii. 19.
4.
To affiance; to betroth.
[Obs.]
Shak.
5.
(Law)
To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss, or to pay a specified sum at death. See
Insure
.
Syn. – To declare; aver; avouch; vouch; assert; asseverate; protest; persuade; convince.
Webster 1828 Edition
Assure
ASSU'RE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To make certain; to give confidence by a promise, declaration, or other evidence; as, he assured me of his sincerity.2.
To confirm; to make certain or secure.And it shall be assured to him. Lev. 28.
3.
To embolden; to make confident.And hereby we shall assure our hearts before him. 1John 3.
4.
To make secure, with of before the object secured; as, let me be assured of your fidelity.5.
To affiance; to betroth. Obs.6.
To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss. [See Insure.]Definition 2024
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See also: assuré
English
Verb
assure (third-person singular simple present assures, present participle assuring, simple past and past participle assured)
- (transitive) To make sure and secure.
- (transitive, followed by that or of) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).
- I assure you that the program will work smoothly when we demonstrate it to the client.
- He assured of his commitment to her happiness.
- (obsolete) To guarantee, promise (to do something).
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ii:
- That as a law for euer should endure; / Which to obserue in word of knights they did assure.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ii:
- To reassure.
Translations
to make sure and secure
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to give someone confidence in the trustworthiness of something
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to reassure
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