assure

verbcommon in dialogue

United States//əˈʃʊɹ//
United States//əˈʃɝ//
//əˈʃɔː(ɹ)//
//əˈʃʊə(ɹ)//

To make sure and secure; ensure.

verb

1
To make sure and secure; ensure.
2
To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).
I assure you that the program will work smoothly when we demonstrate it to the client.
He assured of his commitment to her happiness.
3
obsoleteTo guarantee, promise (to do something).
That as a law for euer should endure; / Which to obserue in word of knights they did assure.
4
To reassure.

Etymology

From Old French asseurer (Modern French assurer), from Latin ad- + securus (“secure”). Cognate with Spanish asegurar. Doublet of assecure.

Forms

past tense: assured
past participle: assured
present participle: assuring
third person singular: assures

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