† asseˈcure, v. Obs.
[ad. med.L. assēcūrā-re, f. L. as- = ad- to, completely + sēcūr-us secure, sure. Cognate with assure, through OF. aseürer.]
To make secure, sure, or safe; to assure, secure.
| 1594 Hooker Eccl. Pol. vi. vi. §1 III. 89 Sin is not helped but by being assecured of pardon. 1597 Daniel Civ. Wares iii. xxiv, Think you that any meanes under the Sunne, Can assecure so indirect a course? |