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insure
[ in-shoor, -shur ]
verb (used with object)
- to guarantee against loss or harm.
Synonyms: warrant
- to secure indemnity to or on, in case of loss, damage, or death.
- to issue or procure an insurance policy on or for.
Synonyms: assure
verb (used without object)
- to issue or procure an insurance policy.
insure
/ ɪnˈʃʊə; -ˈʃɔː /
verb
- often foll by against to guarantee or protect (against risk, loss, etc)
we insured against disappointment by making an early reservation
- often foll by against to issue (a person) with an insurance policy or take out an insurance policy (on)
after all his car accidents the company refuses to insure him again
his house was heavily insured against fire
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Derived Forms
- inˌsuraˈbility, noun
- inˈsurable, adjective
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Other Words From
- over·in·sure verb (used with object) overinsured overinsuring
- prein·sure verb (used with object) preinsured preinsuring
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Proceeds from its North Sea drilling rigs will insure corruption and kleptocracy on a Nigerian scale.
Our two largest states, one working to insure its people and the other doing everything in its power to prevent that.
For example, over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal reported that Obamacare has done little to insure the uninsured.
As a freelance writer under the old dispensation, I had qualified as a Sole Proprietor and was able to insure both of us.
I practice true “health care,” as in going to the doctor when I am healthy to insure that I remain so.
He couldn't sell them; he couldn't burn them; he was even compelled to insure them, to his intense disgust.
He had but to insure his life for the amount he wanted, and let what would happen, she was safe.
Such a selection will insure a cigar of good quality; one that will hold fire and last the length of time appropriate to its size.
In mutual companies the persons insured act together to insure each other.
Both parties may insure the premises though the mortgagee cannot exceed his debt.
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