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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Assured \As*sured"\, a. Made sure safe; insured; certain; indubitable; not doubting; bold to excess. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Assured \As*sured"\, n. One whose life or property is insured. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Assure \As*sure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assured}; p. pr & vb n. {Assuring}.] [OF. ase["u]rer, F. assurer, LL assecurare L. ad + securus secure, sure certain. See {Secure}, {Sure}, and cf {Insure}.] 1. To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence. His promise that thy seed shall bruise our foe . . . Assures me that the bitterness of death Is past, and we shall live. --Milton. 2. To declare to solemnly; to assert to (any one) with the design of inspiring belief or confidence. I dare assure thee that no enemy Shall ever take alive the noble Brutus. --Shak. 3. To confirm; to make certain or secure. And it shall be assured to him --Lev. xxvii. 19. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him --1 John iii. 19. 4. To affiance; to betroth. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. (Law) To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss or to pay a specified sum at death. See {Insure}. Syn: To declare; aver; avouch; vouch; assert; asseverate; protest; persuade; convince. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: assured adj 1: marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence; "she paints with an assured hand" 2: characterized by certainty or security; "a tiny but assured income"; "we can never have completely assured lives"
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