Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AS-SU'RANCE
AS-SU'RANCE, n. [ashu'rance; Fr. from assurer, of ad and sûr, seur, sure, certain. Qu. the Rab. and Talm. אשר, to make firm, confirm, verify; or is seur the G. zwar, from the root of L. verus; more probably it is from It. sicurare, assicurare, to insure, from L. securus.]
- The act of assuring, or of making a declaration in terms that furnish ground of confidence; as, I trusted to his assurances; or the act of furnishing any ground of full confidence. Whereof he hath given assurance to all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. Acts xvii.
- Firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certain expectation; the utmost certainty. Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith. – Heb. x.
- Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity. Brave men meet danger with assurance. – Knolles.
- Excess of boldness; impudence; as, his assurance is intolerable.
- Freedom from excessive modesty, timidity or bashfulness; laudable confidence. Conversation with the world will give them knowledge and assurance. – Locke.
- Insurance; a contract to make good a loss. [See Insurance.]
- Any writing or legal evidence of the conveyance of property. – Blackstone.
- Conviction. – Tillotson.
- In theology, full confidence of one's interest in Christ, and of final salvation.
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