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单词 assure
释义 as·sure
\əˈshü(ə)r, aˈ-, -üə\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English assuren, from Middle French assurer, from Old French aseürer, from Medieval Latin assecurare, from Latin ad- + Medieval Latin -securare(from Latin securus secure) — more at secure
1. : to make safe (as from risks or against overthrow) : insure, secure
 < an international organization capable of assuring the security of all nations — Vera M. Dean >
2. : to give confidence to : reassure, encourage, strengthen
 < a pure man forgives or pleads for mercy or assures the penitent — F.W.Robertson >
3. : to make sure or certain : put beyond all doubt : convince
 < glancing backward … to assure himself that neither of his late antagonists was returning — C.G.D.Roberts >
4. : to inform positively : tell earnestly : declare confidently to
 < Constance assured her that the doctor would have nothing new to advise — Arnold Bennett >
 < I can assure you of his reliability >
5. obsolete
 a. : to give a pledge or guarantee of : promise
  < assuring the king perpetual love — John Smith †1631 >
 b. : to state with assurance
  < about which neither … could assure anything — Isaac Barrow >
 c. : to make sure the possession of : secure the title of
  < and with my proper blood assure any soul to be great Lucifer's — Christopher Marlowe >
6. : to make certain the coming or attainment of : ensure
 < spent the better part of a year in painstaking research to assure accuracy — A.W.Barkley >
Synonyms: see ensure
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