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[en-shoor, -shur]

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verb (used with object), en·sured, en·sur·ing.

to secure or guarantee: This letter will ensure you a hearing.

to make sure or certain: measures to ensure the success of an undertaking.

to make secure or safe, as from harm.

insure (defs. 1–3).

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English ensuren < Anglo-French enseurer. See en-¹, sure

Related forms

en·sur·er, noun

un·en·sured, adjective

Synonyms
3. protect, guard, safeguard.

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World English Dictionary

ensure or insure (ɛnˈʃʊə, -ˈʃɔː)

—vb
1.	(may take a clause as object) to make certain or sure; guarantee: this victory will ensure his happiness
2.	to make safe or secure; protect

insure or insure

—vb

en'surer or insure

—n

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Word Origin & History

ensure

late 14c., from Anglo-Fr. enseurer, from en- "make" + O.Fr. seur "sure," probably infl. by O.Fr. asseurer "assure." Related: Ensured; ensures; ensuring.

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