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en⋅sure
[en-shoo
r, -shur] 
–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). |
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| 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.] |
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Ensure
En*sure"\, v. t. 1. To make sure. See Insure. 2. To betroth. [Obs.] --Sir T. More.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : ensure
Spanish:
asegurar (que),
German:
sich (ver)sichern,
Japanese:
確実にする
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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