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in⋅sure

  [in-shoor, -shur] verb, -sured, -sur⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to guarantee against loss or harm.
2. to secure indemnity to or on, in case of loss, damage, or death.
3. to issue or procure an insurance policy on or for.
4. ensure (defs. 1–3).
–verb (used without object)
5. to issue or procure an insurance policy.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME; var. of ensure

Synonyms:
1. warrant. 4. assure.
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in·sure   (ĭn-shŏŏr')   
v.   in·sured, in·sur·ing, in·sures

v.   tr.
    1. To provide or arrange insurance for: a company that insures homeowners and businesses.
    2. To acquire or have insurance for: insured herself against losses; insured his car for theft.
  2. To make sure, certain, or secure. See Usage Note at assure.
v.   intr.
To buy or sell insurance.

[Middle English ensuren, to assure, from Old French enseurer, possibly variant of assurer; see assure.]
in·sur'a·bil'i·ty n., in·sur'a·ble adj.
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Insure

In"sure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insured; p. pr. & vb. n. Insuring.] [OE. ensuren, prob. for assuren, by a change of prefix. See 1st In-, and Sure, and cf. Assure, Ensure.] [Written also ensure.]

1. To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.

2. Specifically, to secure against a loss by a contingent event, on certain stipulated conditions, or at a given rate or premium; to give or to take an insurance on or for; as, a merchant insures his ship or its cargo, or both, against the dangers of the sea; goods and buildings are insured against fire or water; persons are insured against sickness, accident, or death; and sometimes hazardous debts are insured.

Insure

In*sure"\, v. i. To underwrite; to make insurance; as, a company insures at three per cent.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : insure
Spanish: asegurar,
German: versichern,
Japanese: 保険をかける
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insure 
c.1440, variant of ensuren (see ensure). Took on its particular sense of "make safe against loss by payment of premiums" 1635 (replacing assure in that meaning).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: in·sure
Pronunciation: in-'shur
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: in·sured; in·sur·ing
transitive verb : to assure against a loss by a contingent event on certain stipulated conditions or at a given rate of premium : give, take, or procure insurance on or for intransitive verb : to contract to give insurance : UNDERWRITE; also : to procure or effect insurance
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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