Emily Dickinson Lexicon

secure (-st), adj. [L. sē-, without + cūra, care.] (webplay: alarmed, care, danger, enemy, fear, free, secure against).

1. Assured; confident; unafraid; free from fear; not subject to danger.
2. Real; sure; certain; true; firm; guaranteed.
3. Safe; guarded; protected; sheltered; impregnable; inviolable; unassailable; free from being taken by an enemy in an attack.