assure
[ uh-shoor, uh-shur ]
/ əˈʃʊər, əˈʃɜr /
verb (used with object), as·sured, as·sur·ing.
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“I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right. I do believe that right makes might and that if I am wrong, 10 angels swearing I was right would make no difference.”
Origin of assure
OTHER WORDS FROM assure
as·sur·er, as·su·ror, nounin·ter·as·sure, verb (used with object), in·ter·as·sured, in·ter·as·sur·ing.pre·as·sure, verb (used with object), pre·as·sured, pre·as·sur·ing.un·as·sur·ing, adjectiveWords nearby assure
Assumptionist, assumptive, Assur, assurance, Assurbanipal, assure, assured, assured tenancy, assurgent, Assyr., Assyria
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British Dictionary definitions for assure
assure
/ (əˈʃʊə) /
verb (tr; may take a clause as object)
to cause to feel sure or certain; convinceto assure a person of one's love
to promise; guaranteehe assured us that he would come
to state positively or with assurance
to make (an event) certain; ensure
mainly British to insure against loss, esp of life
property law another word for convey
Derived forms of assure
assurable, adjectiveassurer, nounWord Origin for assure
C14: from Old French aseürer to assure, from Medieval Latin assēcūrāre to secure or make sure, from sēcūrus secure
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