Secure

sē-kūr′, adj. without care or anxiety, carele ( B. ): free from fear or danger: safe: confident: incautious: in safe keeping: of such strength as to ensure safety.— v.t. to make safe: to guard from danger: to seize and confine: to get hold of: to make one's self master of: ( obs. ) to plight or pledge: to render certain: to guarantee: to fasten.— adj. Secūr′able , that may be secured.— n. Secur′ance , a urance, confirmation.— adv. Secūre′ly .— ns. Secūre′ment ; Secūre′ne ; Secūr′er , one who, or that which, secures or protects; Secūr′it an , one who dwells in fancied security; Secūr′ity , state of being secure: freedom from fear: carele ne : protection: certainty: a pledge: ( pl. ) bonds or certificates in evidence of debt or property.— Secure arms , to guard the firearms from becoming wet. [L. securus — se- (for sine ), without, cur a , care.]