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Assure

//əˈʃɔː(ɹ)// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make sure and secure; ensure. transitive
  2. 2
    be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something wordnet
  3. 3
    To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something). transitive

    "I assure you that the program will work smoothly when we demonstrate it to the client."

  4. 4
    assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence wordnet
  5. 5
    To guarantee, promise (to do something). obsolete

    "That as a law for euer should endure; / Which to obserue in word of knights they did assure."

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  1. 6
    make a promise or commitment wordnet
  2. 7
    To reassure. transitive
  3. 8
    make certain of wordnet
  4. 9
    inform positively and with certainty and confidence wordnet

Etymology

From Old French asseurer (Modern French assurer), from Latin ad- + securus (“secure”). Cognate with Spanish asegurar. Doublet of assecure.

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