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secured |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Secure \Se*cure"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Secured}; p. pr & vb n. {Securing}.] 1. To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of or exposure to danger; to guard; to protect. I spread a cloud before the victor's sight, Sustained the vanquished, and secured his flight. --Dryden. 2. To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; to insure; -- frequently with against or from rarely with of as to secure a creditor against loss to secure a debt by a mortgage. It secures its possessor of eternal happiness. --T. Dick. 3. To make fast to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship. 4. To get possession of to make one's self secure of to acquire certainly; as to secure an estate. {Secure arms} (Mil.), a command and a position in the manual of arms, used in wet weather, the object being to guard the firearm from becoming wet. The piece is turned with the barrel to the front and grasped by the right hand at the lewer band, the muzzle is dropped to the front, and the piece held with the guard under the right arm, the hand supported against the hip, and the thumb on the rammer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: secured adj 1: firmly fastened or secured against opening; "windows and doors were all fast"; "a locked closet"; "left the house properly secured" [syn: {barred}, {bolted}, {fast}, {latched}, {locked}] 2: secured by written agreement [syn: {bonded}, {guaranteed}, {warranted}]
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