assuring

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. giving confidence
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Assuring \As*sur"ing\, a. That assures; tending to assure; giving confidence. -- As*sur"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

His promise that thy seed shall bruise our foe . . . Assures me that the bitterness of death Is past, and we shall live.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.To declare to, solemnly; to assert to (any one) with the design of inspiring belief or confidence. [1913 Webster]

I dare assure thee that no enemy Shall ever take alive the noble Brutus.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.To confirm; to make certain or secure. [1913 Webster]

And it shall be assured to him.— Lev. xxvii. 19.[1913 Webster]
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.— 1 John iii. 19.[1913 Webster]

4.To affiance; to betroth. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

5.(Law) To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss, or to pay a specified sum at death. See Insure. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To declare; aver; avouch; vouch; assert; asseverate; protest; persuade; convince. [1913 Webster]

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