ADJECTIVE (2)

1. marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence;
- Example: "she paints with an assured hand"

2. characterized by certainty or security;
- Example: "a tiny but assured income"
- Example: "we can never have completely assured lives"

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Assured \As*sured"\, a.
   Made sure; safe; insured; certain; indubitable; not doubting;
   bold to excess.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Assured \As*sured"\, n.
   One whose life or property is insured.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Assure \As*sure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assured; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Assuring.] [OF. ase["u]rer, F. assurer, LL. assecurare; L.
   ad + securus secure, sure, certain. See Secure, Sure, and
   cf. Insure.]
   1. To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise,
      declaration, or other evidence.
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            His promise that thy seed shall bruise our foe . . .
            Assures me that the bitterness of death
            Is past, and we shall live.           --Milton.
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   2. To declare to, solemnly; to assert to (any one) with the
      design of inspiring belief or confidence.
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            I dare assure thee that no enemy
            Shall ever take alive the noble Brutus. --Shak.
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   3. To confirm; to make certain or secure.
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            And it shall be assured to him.       --Lev. xxvii.
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            And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and
            shall assure our hearts before him.   --1 John iii.
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   4. To affiance; to betroth. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   5. (Law) To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss, or to
      pay a specified sum at death. See Insure.
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   Syn: To declare; aver; avouch; vouch; assert; asseverate;
        protest; persuade; convince.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

assured
    adj 1: marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence; "she paints
           with an assured hand"
    2: characterized by certainty or security; "a tiny but assured
       income"; "we can never have completely assured lives"

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

121 Moby Thesaurus words for "assured":
   affianced, arrogant, ascertained, aspiring, assurance, assuredness,
   attested, balanced, believing, betrothed, bound, certain,
   certified, certitude, clear-cut, cocksure, collected, committed,
   composed, compromised, confidence, confident, contracted,
   conviction, convinced, cool, covered, decided, definite,
   determinate, determined, devout, dogmatic, doubtless, engaged,
   ensured, equanimous, equilibrious, established, expectant,
   faithful, fideistic, fixed, fond, full of hope, game, guaranteed,
   hopeful, hoping, hubristic, imperturbable, impressed with,
   in good heart, in hopes, in the bag, insured, intended,
   levelheaded, made sure, nailed down, obligated, of good cheer,
   of good hope, on ice, open-and-shut, overconfident, oversure,
   overweening, persuaded, pietistic, pious, pistic, pledged,
   plighted, plucky, poised, pompous, positive, promised, pronounced,
   proud, proved, reassured, recollected, resolute, sanguine,
   satisfied, secure, secured, self-assured, self-confident,
   self-controlled, self-important, self-possessed, self-reliant,
   self-restrained, set, settled, sold on, spunky, stated, sure,
   sureness, surety, sworn, tested, together, tried, unafraid,
   under the impression, underwritten, undespairing, undoubtful,
   undoubting, unfaltering, unflappable, unhesitating, unruffled,
   unwavering, warranted, well-balanced



Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

ASSURED. A person who has been insured by some insurance company, or
underwriter, against losses or perils mentioned in the policy of insurance.
Vide Insured.