Word
Secure
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
se-cure
Definition
- a. - Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling
suspicion or distrust; confident.
- a. - Overconfident; incautious; careless; -- in a bad sense.
- a. - Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having
reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; -- commonly with of; as,
secure of a welcome.
- a. - Net exposed to danger; safe; -- applied to persons and
things, and followed by against or from.
- v. t. - To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or
exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
- v. t. - 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.
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