[en-shoo
r, -shur] 
| 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). |
| en·sure (ěn-shŏŏr') tr.v. en·sured, en·sur·ing, en·sures To make sure or certain; insure: Our precautions ensured our safety. See Usage Note at assure. [Middle English ensuren, from Anglo-Norman enseurer : Old French en-, causative pref.; see en-1 + Old French seur, secure, variant of sur; see sure.] |
