to make it taut: to make an agreement firm or binding. Obsolete.

Blending senses A. 1 A. 4 Obsolete. Confirmed by experience or practice; well-founded, well-grounded; fully established.

Made sure or certain.

= assured, adj. (in various senses).

Determined, fixed. Obsolete.

Settled, confirmed; formally sanctioned or approved.

Attested; made known, declared.

Assured, constant.

That is or has been affirmed; confirmed, corroborated; positively asserted, declared.

Of a matter in dispute, an arrangement, regulation, etc.: Determined, decided, enacted or agreed upon. Of a truth, a principle: Established, placed…

Of a state of mind: not likely to change; firmly fixed or set. Also of a person with respect to such a state of mind.

Settled or confirmed in a particular state or condition; not likely to change. Obsolete.

That has been secured (in various senses of the verb); esp. (in later use) designating a debt, loan, etc., that is guaranteed by assets held as…