assure

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ASSU'RE, verb transitive ashu're. [See Assurance.] 1. To make certain; to give confidence by a promise, declaration, or other evidence; as, he assured me of his sincerity. 2. To confirm; to make certain or secure. And it shall be assured to him. Leviticus 27:19. 3. To embolden; to make confident. And hereby we shall assure our hearts before him. 1 John 3:1. 4. To make secure, with of before the object secured; as, let me be assured of your fidelity. 5. To affiance; to betroth. obsolete 6. To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss. [See Insure.]
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