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securement

[si-kyoor-muhnt]

noun

the act of securing.

security or protection.

Origin:
1615–25; secure + -ment

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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secure (sɪˈkjʊə)

—*adj*
1.	free from danger, damage, etc
2.	free from fear, care, etc
3.	in safe custody
4.	not likely to fail, become loose, etc
5.	able to be relied on; certain: a secure investment
6.	nautical stowed away or made inoperative
7.	archaic careless or overconfident

—vb (when intr, often foll by against) (when intr, often foll by against)
8.	(tr) to obtain or get possession of: I will secure some good seats
9.	to make or become free from danger, fear, etc
10.	(tr) to make fast or firm; fasten
11.	to make or become certain; guarantee: this plan will secure your happiness
12.	(tr) to assure (a creditor) of payment, as by giving security
13.	(tr) to make (a military position) safe from attack
14.	nautical to make (a vessel or its contents) safe or ready by battening down hatches, stowing gear, etc
15.	(tr) nautical to stow or make inoperative: to secure the radio

[C16: from Latin sēcūrus free from care, from sē- without + cūra care]

se'curable

—*adj*

se'curely

—*adv*

se'curement

—n

se'cureness

—n

se'curer

—n

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