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assure
assure:
see
insure
assure (v.)
late 14c., from Old French
asseurer
(12c., Modern French
assurer
) "to reassure, calm, protect, to render sure," from Vulgar Latin
*assecurar
, from Latin
ad-
"to" (see
ad-
) +
securus
"safe, secure" (see
secure
(adj.)). Related:
Assured
;
assuring
.