Byron: A Spirit Passed before Me

2. Not safe; not securely guarded or protected; unsafe; exposed to danger or or lo . "Amphion's fortre insecure appears." Lewis : Statius , bk. vii. in-se-cürely, adv . [Eng. insecure; -ly.] In an insecure or unsafe manner; without security; safety, or certainty. In-se-cür-1-ty, s . [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. secur ity (q. v.).] 1. The quality or state of being insecure; want of confidence or safety. "There is also a time of insecurity , when interests of all sorts become objects of speculation."- Burke : Appeal from New to Old Whigs. 2. Exposure to destruction, damage, or lo ; danger, hazard. "The insecurities and inconveniences of a strange and new abode." -Taylor: Great Exemptar , pt. i., ad., § 6. IMG:content-1711.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1712.png:[blocks in formation] in-sen-sate, a. [Lat. in sens at us , from in- =not, and sensatus =gifted with sense; sens us sense; Fr. insensé.] Destitute of sense; wanting or without sense or sensibility. "Hers the silence and the calm Of mute, insensate things."