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se⋅cure

  [si-kyoor] adjective, -cur⋅er, -cur⋅est, verb, -cured, -cur⋅ing.
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–adjective
1. free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
2. dependable; firm; not liable to fail, yield, become displaced, etc., as a support or a fastening: The building was secure, even in an earthquake.
3. affording safety, as a place: He needed a secure hideout.
4. in safe custody or keeping: Here in the vault the necklace was secure.
5. free from care; without anxiety: emotionally secure.
6. firmly established, as a relationship or reputation: He earned a secure place among the baseball immortals.
7. sure; certain; assured: secure of victory; secure in religious belief.
8. safe from penetration or interception by unauthorized persons: secure radio communications between army units.
9. Archaic. overconfident.
–verb (used with object)
10. to get hold or possession of; procure; obtain: to secure materials; to secure a high government position.
11. to free from danger or harm; make safe: Sandbags secured the town during the flood.
12. to effect; make certain of; ensure: The novel secured his reputation.
13. to make firm or fast, as by attaching: to secure a rope.
14. Finance.
a. to assure payment of (a debt) by pledging property.
b. to assure (a creditor) of payment by the pledge or mortgaging of property.
15. to lock or fasten against intruders: to secure the doors.
16. to protect from attack by taking cover, by building fortifications, etc.: The regiment secured its position.
17. to capture (a person or animal): No one is safe until the murderer is secured.
18. to tie up (a person), esp. by binding the person's arms or hands; pinion.
19. to guarantee the privacy or secrecy of: to secure diplomatic phone conversations.
–verb (used without object)
20. to be or become safe; have or obtain security.
21. Nautical.
a. to cover openings and make movable objects fast: The crew was ordered to secure for sea.
b. to be excused from duty: to secure from general quarters.
Origin:
1525–35; < L sēcūrus carefree, equiv. to sē- se- + cūr(a) care (see cure ) + -us adj. suffix; cf. sure

Related forms:
se⋅cur⋅a⋅ble, adjective
se⋅cure⋅ly, adverb
se⋅cure⋅ness, noun
se⋅cur⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. protected. See safe. 2. stable, fast, fixed. 7. confident. 10. gain. See get. 11. protect, guard, safeguard. 12. assure, guarantee.

Antonyms:
1. unsafe.
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Word Origin & History

secure 
1533, "without care," from L. securus "without care, safe," from *se cura, from se "free from" (see secret) + cura "care" (see cure). The verb is from 1593. Meaning "firmly fixed" (of material things) is from 1841, on notion of "affording grounds for confidence." Security is attested from 1432, from L. securitas, from securus; phrase security blanket in figurative sense is attested from 1971, in ref. to the crib blanket carried by the character Linus in the "Peanuts" comic strip (1956).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: se·cure
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: se·cured; se·cur·ing
1 : to put beyond hazard of losing or not receiving <secure the blessings of liberty —U.S. Constitution preamble>
2 a : to protect or make certain (as by lien) secure the parties' respective interests —Denton v. Lazenby, 879 Pacific Reporter, Second Series 607 (1994)> b : to give security for (as a loan) or otherwise assure the payment, performance, or execution of with security secure the judgment> c : to give or pledge security to (as a creditor); broadly : to cause to have security or a security interest secured by a lien on real property>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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