Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AS-SURE'
AS-SURE', v.t. [ashūre; Fr. assurer. See Assurance.]
- To make certain; to give confidence by a promise, declaration, or other evidence; as, he assured me of his sincerity.
- To confirm; to make certain or secure. And it shall be assured to him. – Lev. xxvii.
- To embolden; to make confident. And hereby we shall assure our hearts before him. – 1 John iii.
- To make secure, with of before the object secured; as, let me be assured, of your fidelity.
- To affiance; to betroth. [Obs.] Shak.
- To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss. [See Insure.]
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