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assured

[uh-shoord, uh-shurd] Origin

as·sured

[uh-shoord, uh-shurd]
adjective
1.
guaranteed; sure; certain; secure: an assured income.
2.
bold; confident; authoritative: His art was both assured and facile.
3.
boldly presumptuous.
4.
Chiefly British. insured, as against loss.
noun
5.
Insurance.
a.
the beneficiary under a policy.
b.
the person whose life or property is covered by a policy.

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English; see assure, -ed2

as·sur·ed·ly [uh-shoor-id-lee, uh-shur-] , adverb
as·sur·ed·ness, noun
o·ver·as·sured, adjective
o·ver·as·sur·ed·ly, adverb
o·ver·as·sur·ed·ness, noun
EXPAND
un·as·sured, adjective
un·as·sur·ed·ly, adverb
un·as·sur·ed·ness, noun
well-as·sured, adjective
COLLAPSE
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as·sure

[uh-shoor, uh-shur]
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.
EXPAND
6.
to give confidence to; encourage.
7.
Chiefly British. to insure, as against loss.
COLLAPSE

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English as(e)uren, assuren < Old French aseurer < Late Latin assēcūrāre, equivalent to Latin as- as- + sēcūr- (see secure) + -ā- thematic vowel + -re infinitive suffix

as·sur·er, as·su·ror, noun
in·ter·as·sure, verb (used with object), -sured, -sur·ing.
pre·as·sure, verb (used with object), -sured, -sur·ing.
un·as·sur·ing, adjective
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assured (əˈʃʊəd)
 
adj
1.  made certain; sure; guaranteed
2.  self-assured
3.  chiefly (Brit) insured, esp by a life assurance policy
 
n
4.  chiefly (Brit)
 a.  the beneficiary under a life assurance policy
 b.  the person whose life is insured
 
assuredly
 
adv
 
as'suredness
 
n

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assure
late 14c., from O.Fr. asseurer (12c., Mod.Fr. assurer) "to reassure, calm, protect, to render sure," from V.L. *assecurar, from L. ad- "to" + securus "safe, secure" (see secure).
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