Insure
[ɪn'ʃɔː;ɪn'ʃʊə] or [ɪn'ʃʊr]
Definition
(v. t.) To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.
(v. t.) Specifically, to secure against a loss by a contingent event, on certain stipulated conditions, or at a given rate or premium; to give or to take an insurance on or for; as, a merchant insures his ship or its cargo, or both, against the dangers of the sea; goods and buildings are insured against fire or water; persons are insured against sickness, accident, or death; and sometimes hazardous debts are insured.
(v. i.) To underwrite; to make insurance; as, a company insures at three per cent.
Editor: Mamie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [Written also Ensure.] [1]. Make secure, make sure.[2]. Assure, secure against loss, agree to indemnify for loss.
v. n. Underwrite, practise insurance.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Provide, stabilitate, guarantee, secure, warrant
ANT:Imperil, jeopardize, shake, stake
Typist: Willard
Definition
v.t. to make sure or secure: to contract for a premium to make good a loss as from fire &c. or to pay a certain sum on a certain event as death.—v.i. to practise making insurance.—adj. Insur′able that may be insured.—ns. Insur′ance the act of insuring or a contract by which one party undertakes for a payment or premium to guarantee another against risk or loss—the written contract called the Insur′ance-pol′icy: the premium so paid; Insur′ancer (obs.); Insur′er one who agrees to pay money to another party on the happening of a certain event.
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Examples
- Some fanatics among them, to be sure, held that one book, the Koran, was of itself sufficient to insure the well-being of the whole human race, but happily a more enlightened view prevailed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- These officers said they would take it upon themselves to insure us a cordial reception. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I came personally, Mr. Holmes, in order to insure that you would return with me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- To insure the attention of the attendant, a tiny electric lamp is by the same action lighted directly in front of her, which acts as a pilot signal to call her attention to the drop. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- After writing the original place it face downward on the pad, and rub it gently with the hand to insure contact at every point. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Why did you insure your life? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Their reason for choosing so unusual an hour for a consultation was obviously to insure that there should be no other patient in the waiting-room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- MY gratitude will be insured immediately by any information tending to that end, and HERS must be gained by it in time. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- This money was sent down by the waggon, and insured by the carriers at an additional expense of three quarters per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Alignment is insured by a center guide hole through which the type end of the lever passes in striking the paper. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Taking the whole kingdom at an average, nineteen houses in twenty, or rather, perhaps, ninety-nine in a hundred, are not insured from fire. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I am not too much of a poet to neglect business, and The Eunice was heavily insured. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- These dispositions, he said, faithfully sustained, insured the enemy's speedy evacuation of Chattanooga for want of food and forage. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Sea-risk is more alarming to the greater part of people; and the proportion of ships insured to those not insured is much greater. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The function of the floating weight is to automatically keep the stylus in close engagement with the record, thus insuring accuracy of reproduction. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I shall not rest satisfied with merely employing my capital in insuring ships. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I haven't begun insuring yet, he replied. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Wherever names are written, there you will usually find the addressograph in use, saving time and money, guaranteeing 100 per cent accuracy and insuring maximum efficiency. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- With these conductors and pipes must also be furnished manholes, junction-boxes, connections, and a host of varied paraphernalia insuring perfect general distribution. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Also the arrangement of complete stations with steam and electric apparatus and auxiliary devices for insuring their efficient and continuous operation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Education in accord with nature was thought to be the first step in insuring this more social society. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The air chamber _A_ insures a continuous flow of water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- But it insures accuracy. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The stock is at the risk of the borrower, who, as it were, insures it to the lender; and four or five per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This insures complete and perfect contact and consequent electrical conductivity throughout the entire unit. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A screw-operated spreader in the center presses the heating element tightly against the entire surface of the shell and insures rapid conduction of the heat from the element to the water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The first insures hitting the mark; the second keeps the balance required for further action. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Using two bottles in this way insures their being broken in striking the burning body, which would not always occur when only one bottle is used. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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