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ENSURER

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en⋅sure

  [en-shoor, -shur]
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–verb (used with object), -sured, -sur⋅ing.
1. to secure or guarantee: This letter will ensure you a hearing.
2. to make sure or certain: measures to ensure the success of an undertaking.
3. to make secure or safe, as from harm.
4. insure (defs. 1–3).
Origin:
1350–1400; ME ensuren < AF enseurer. See en- 1 , sure

Related forms:
en⋅sur⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
3. protect, guard, safeguard.
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ensure 
c.1385, from Anglo-Fr. enseurer, from en- "make" + O.Fr. seur "sure," probably infl. by O.Fr. asseurer "assure."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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