Secure
Definition of Secure
Se`cure´ a. | 1. | Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident. | | 2. | Overconfident; incautious; careless; - in a bad sense. | | 3. | Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; - commonly with of; as, secure of a welcome. | | 4. | Not exposed to danger; safe; - applied to persons and things, and followed by against or from. | v. t. | 1. | To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect. | | 2. | To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; to insure; - frequently with against or from, rarely with of; as, to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage. | | 3. | To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship. | | 4. | To get possession of; to make one's self secure of; to acquire certainly; as, to secure an estate. |
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