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as⋅sure

  [uh-shoor, uh-shur]
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–verb (used with object), -sured, -sur⋅ing.
1. to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to: She assured us that everything would turn out all right.
2. to cause to know surely; reassure: He assured himself that no one was left on the bus.
3. to pledge or promise; give surety of; guarantee: He was assured a job in the spring.
4. to make (a future event) sure; ensure: This contract assures the company's profit this month.
5. to secure or confirm; render safe or stable: to assure a person's position.
6. to give confidence to; encourage.
7. Chiefly British. to insure, as against loss.
Origin:
1325–75; ME as(e)uren, assuren < OF aseurer < LL assēcūrāre, equiv. to L as- as- + sēcūr- (see secure ) + -ā- thematic vowel + -re inf. suffix

Related forms:
as⋅sur⋅er, as⋅su⋅ror, noun
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as·sure   (ə-shŏŏr')   
tr.v.   as·sured, as·sur·ing, as·sures
  1. To inform positively, as to remove doubt: assured us that the train would be on time.
  2. To cause to feel sure: assured her of his devotion.
  3. To give confidence to; reassure.
  4. To make certain; ensure: "Nothing in history assures the success of our civilization" (Herbert J. Muller).
  5. To make safe or secure.
  6. Chiefly British To insure, as against loss.

[Middle English assuren, from Old French assurer, from Vulgar Latin *assēcūrāre, to make sure : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin sēcūrus, secure; see secure.]
as·sur'a·ble adj., as·sur'er, as·sur'or n.
Usage Note: Assure, ensure, and insure all mean "to make secure or certain." Only assure is used with reference to a person in the sense of "to set the mind at rest": assured the leader of his loyalty. Although ensure and insure are generally interchangeable, only insure is now widely used in American English in the commercial sense of "to guarantee persons or property against risk."
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Assure

As*sure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assured; p. pr. & vb. n. Assuring.] [OF. ase["u]rer, F. assurer, LL. assecurare; L. ad + securus secure, sure, certain. See Secure, Sure, and cf. Insure.]

1. To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.

His promise that thy seed shall bruise our foe . . . Assures me that the bitterness of death Is past, and we shall live. --Milton.

2. To declare to, solemnly; to assert to (any one) with the design of inspiring belief or confidence.

I dare assure thee that no enemy Shall ever take alive the noble Brutus. --Shak.

3. To confirm; to make certain or secure.

And it shall be assured to him. --Lev. xxvii. 19.

And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. --1 John iii. 19.

4. To affiance; to betroth. [Obs.] --Shak.

5. (Law) To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss, or to pay a specified sum at death. See Insure.

Syn: To declare; aver; avouch; vouch; assert; asseverate; protest; persuade; convince.
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Language Translation for : assure
Spanish: asegurar,
German: versichern,
Japanese: 保証する
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assure 
c.1375, from O.Fr. aseurer "to make sure," from V.L. *assecurar, from L. ad- "to" + securus "safe, secure" (see secure).
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Main Entry: as·sure
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: as·sured; as·sur·ing
1 chiefly British : INSURE
2 a : to inform positively assured the buyer of his honesty> b : to provide a guarantee of
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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