assecure

English

Etymology

Latin assecurare. Doublet of assure.

Verb

assecure (third-person singular simple present assecures, present participle assecuring, simple past and past participle assecured)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make safe or sure; to assure.
   • 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):

     assecure the right they have given

References

“assecure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• surcease