assure, asure (sur as shur)

t. [In Ger. a ecuriren, a ekuriren. Dut. as sureeren; Fr. a urer; Old Fr. a eürer, aseürer; Sp. asegurar; Port, a egurar; Ital. as sec urare; Low Lat. a ecuro, from ad = to, and securus = free from care or from danger.] (ASSURANCE, AS SECURE.] A. Ordinary Language: I. To adopt means for inspiring belief or confidence. 1. To make one's self sure; or to make promises or statements, once or repeatedly, with the design of inspiring another person with belie: or confidence. "But whence they sprong, or how they were begott, Uneath is to a ure "-Spenser: F. Q., II. x. 8. 343 "Avaux a ured Louvois that a single French batta lion would easily storm such a fastne ."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. xii. *2. To betroth. "This drudge, diviner laid claim to me; called me Dromio; swore I was a ured to her." Shakesp.: Comedy of Errors , iii. 2. 3. To render property or any other desirable acquisition secure to one; to impart an indisputable title to certain property. To confirm, to guarantee. then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be a ured unto him."- Lev . xxvii. 19. 4. To insure, as a life in an insurance office. "One pound ten shillings per annum on the sum a ured." -Advt. of an Insurance Ofice. II. Actually to inspire belief or confidence. 1. To convince. a ur'd that man shall live With all the creatures, and their seed preserve." Milton: P. L., bk. xl 2. To embolden; to render confident. "His heigh a state a ured him in pryde; But fortune cast him doun, and and ther he lay." Chaucer: C. Т. , 15,674-5. "And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall a ure our hearts before him."-1 John iii. 19. B. Comm., Insurance, . To insure one against some of the pecuniary consequences to his family which death would otherwise produce [ASSURANCE, II. 3], or to insure one's self or property against certain contingencies. as-sü'red (sür as shür), pa . par. & a. [AsSURE.] IMG:content-0833.png:[blocks in formation] as-sü'r-ed-lý (sür as shür), adv . [Eng. a ured; -ly. With the security produced when a trustworthy a urance has been given; certainly, undoubtedly. " Dol . Most noble empre , you have heard of me? Cleo. I cannot tell. Dol. A uredly, you know me." Shakesp. Antony and Cleopatra, v. 2 "Therefore let all the house of Israel know a uredly, that..."- Acts ii. 36