assumptive (asumptiv)

[L. a umptivus, taken in addition, a umptus, pp. of a umere, take, a ume: see a ume.] 1. Capable of being a umed; a umed. Writing under an a umptive character. 2. To a ume, as a proposition or premise. Supposition a umpted is when a manifest supposition is a umpted to prove another thing withal, as. the disputer will a umpt this a ertion, which saith that of false things there is no certain knowledge, and truth is not known but of true things. Blundeville, 1619. 3. To a ume, as a property, attribute, etc. I do grant it to be Christ's true body and flesh by a property of the nature a umpted to the Godhead; yea, and we do really eat and drink His flesh and blood after a certain real property. self with: as, to a ume the garb of a mend i- Ridley, in R. W. Dixon's Hist. Church of Eng., xvi., note. Capable of being a ured; suitable for insurance: as, an a urable property. a urance (a-shör'ans), n. [ IMG:content-1274.png:[blocks in formation] I never courted you, nor gave you tokens That might concern a urance . Beau, and Fl., Coxcomb, iii. 1. 4. In law, documentary evidence of the title or right of po e ion of property.-5. Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on the occurrence of a certain event, as lo or death. Recent writers have sought to establish distinctions of a novel character between them [ a urance and insurance ]. One of these is that a person insures his life, his house, or his ships, and the office a ures to him in each of these cases a sum of money payable in certain contingencies. Another is that a urance represents the principle and insurance the practice. Encyc. Brit ., XIII. 169. 6. Certain proof; clear evidence; positive demonstration; undeniable grounds for belief or trust; a uredne . Whereof he hath given a urance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. Acts xvii. 31. IMG:content-1275.png:[blocks in formation] A brightne , like that of the eyes of some smaller animals, which gives a urance of life, but of a life foreign and unintelligible. Lowell , Study Windows, p. 44. 7. Firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certain expectation; the utmost certainty. Let us draw near with a true heart, in full a urance of faith. Heb. x. 22. I'll make a urance double sure, And take a bond of fate. Shak . , Macbeth, iv. 1. There have prevailed very widely... among mankind the sad tradition of a lost or forfeited life of perfection and happine , and a dim expectation or the firm a ur ance of a future life of perfection and happine . Maudsley, Body and Will, p. 197. 352 3. To secure or confirm; make sure to be or to continue; give certainty or stability to: as, to a ure a person's position or po e ions. This shall a ure my constant loyalty. Shak ., 3 Hen. VI., iii. 3. My penance hath not slacken'd, though my pardon No way a ured . Milton , S. A., 1. 739. So irresistible an authority cannot be reflected on without the most awful reverence, even by those whose piety a ures its favour to them. H. Rogers. 4. To free from obscurity, ambiguity, or uncertainty. So reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to a ure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. Dryden, Religio Laici. 5. To embolden; make confident. And hereby we shall a ure our hearts before him. 1 John iii. 19. 6t. To affiance; betroth. This drudge, or diviner, laid claim to me; called me Dromio; swore I was a ured to her. Shak., C. of E., iii. 2. 7. To insure, as against lo . =Syn. Insure , A ure (see insure ); to a everate to, encourage, vouch to, warrant. II.t in trans. 1. To confide; trust. Therfore as frend fullych in me a ure. Chaucer , Troilus, i. 680. 2. To promise; pledge one's self. Chaucer. a ured (a-shörd'), p. a. 1. Certain; sure; indubitable; undoubted: as, "an a ured experience," Bacon, Nat. Hist. We dare not leave his fortunes, Though most a ured death hung round about us. Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant, i. 1. In history, as in tragedy, the master's hand has not yet come to its full stretch and skill; its touch is not yet wholly a ured , its work not yet wholly blamele . Swinburne, Shakespeare, p. 50. 2. Bold; confident; self-po e ed. He looked frank, unconstrained, something a ured , but not bordering upon a urance. He Sterne, Tristram Shandy, ii. 15. ... came forth with an a ured air and bade defiance to the me enger. Macaulay , Hist. Eng., xx. 3t. Affianced. Shak .-4. Insured; having one's life or goods insured. a uredly (a-shörʼed-li), adv . 1. Certainly; indubitably. A uredly Solomon thy son shall reign. 1 Ki. i. 13. steadine ; intrepidity; courage. Brave men meet danger with a urance. Knolles . IMG:content-1276.png:[blocks in formation] Chamber of a urance. See chamber. - Collateral a urance. See collateral. - Common a urances. See common. - Further a urance. See further. = Syn. 2. Pledge, etc. See promise.-10. Effrontery, presumption. a ure (a-shör'), v.; pret. and pp. a ured, ppr. a uring. [ME. a uren, asuren, a euren, OF. segur, seür), secure, sure: see secure, sure.] I. trans. 1. To make sure or certain; convince or make confident, as by a promise, declaration, or other evidence: as, to a ure a person of one's favor or love. It is idle to propose remedies before we are a ured of Swift , Advancement of Religion, the disease. 'Tis a vast privilege for a Christian to be a ured that the Lord will do this or that individual thing for him. C. Mather, Mag. Chris., iv. 1. And, for I am a man, I dare not do God's work until a ured I see with God. Browning, Ring and Book, І. 94. 2. To declare solemnly to; a ert earnestly to; endeavor to convince by a ertion: as, I a ure you I am speaking the truth. I dare a ure thee that no enemy Shall ever take alive the noble Brutus. Shak ., J. C., v. 4. They are recommended by people of consequence, I as Sheridan, The Critic, i. 1. The more Actions of depth and danger are considered, The le a uredly they are performed. B. Jonson, Cat i line, iii. 3.