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in⋅sure

  [in-shoor, -shur] verb, -sured, -sur⋅ing.
Use insure in a Sentence
–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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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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Legal Dictionary

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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