Secure
[sɪ'kjʊə;sɪ'kjɔː] or [sə'kjʊr]
Definition
(verb.) assure payment of.
(adj.) free from fear or doubt; easy in mind; 'he was secure that nothing will be held against him' .
(adj.) free from danger or risk; 'secure from harm'; 'his fortune was secure'; 'made a secure place for himself in his field' .
(adj.) not likely to fail or give way; 'the lock was secure'; 'a secure foundation'; 'a secure hold on her wrist' .
Checker: Roderick--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.
(a.) Overconfident; incautious; careless; -- in a bad sense.
(a.) Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; -- commonly with of; as, secure of a welcome.
(a.) Net exposed to danger; safe; -- applied to persons and things, and followed by against or from.
(v. t.) To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
(v. t.) To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; to insure; -- frequently with against or from, rarely with of; as, to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage.
(v. t.) To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship.
(v. t.) To get possession of; to make one's self secure of; to acquire certainly; as, to secure an estate.
Typist: Stacey
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Certain, sure, assured, confident, sanguine.[2]. Safe, snug, free from danger.[3]. Fixed, fast, stable, immovable.
v. a. [1]. Guard, protect.[2]. Insure, assure, guarantee, make sure, make certain, make sure of.[3]. Fasten, make fast, make firm.[4]. Get, acquire, gain, procure, make, get possession of.
Typist: Stanley
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fasten, guard, protect, assure, ensure, close, enclose, detain, arrest
ANT:Loosen, betray, surrender, expose, imperil, endanger, open, liberate, free
SYN:Safe, easy, fixed, sheltered, fast, sure, certain, confident, unanxious,careless, protected, ensured
ANT:Anxious, distrustful, suspicious, careful, unsafe, insecure, precarious,hazardous
Typed by Ewing
Definition
adj. without care or anxiety careless (B.): free from fear or danger: safe: confident: incautious: in safe keeping: of such strength as to ensure safety.—v.t. to make safe: to guard from danger: to seize and confine: to get hold of: to make one's self master of: (obs.) to plight or pledge: to render certain: to guarantee: to fasten.—adj. Secūr′able that may be secured.—n. Secur′ance assurance confirmation.—adv. Secūre′ly.—ns. Secūre′ment; Secūre′ness; Secūr′er one who or that which secures or protects; Secūr′itan one who dwells in fancied security; Secūr′ity state of being secure: freedom from fear: carelessness: protection: certainty: a pledge: (pl.) bonds or certificates in evidence of debt or property.—Secure arms to guard the firearms from becoming wet.
Typed by Elroy
Examples
- Some two hours after the tapping is done the flow entirely ceases and the tree must be tapped anew to secure a fresh flow. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We should endeavor to secure an elevation in temperature of from 120 to 140 deg. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He makes it too secure, as it happens. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He surrounded himself with an atmosphere of respectability, and walked secure in it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Cautious, very cautious, thought Emma; he advances inch by inch, and will hazard nothing till he believes himself secure. Jane Austen. Emma.
- In the Hetton Railway, which ran for a part of its distance through rough country, he used stationary engines wherever he could not secure grades that would make locomotives practicable. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The time, however, was spent in strengthening the intrenchments and making our position generally more secure against a sudden attack. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The drawing benches resemble long tables, with a bench on either side, at one end of which is an iron box secured to the table. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It secured further 40 per cent. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- At last it was secured by stratagem, in the year eight hundred and something. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I sent the cavalry higher up the stream and they secured a crossing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Edison then went to Toledo and secured a position at Fort Wayne, on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, now leased to the Pennsylvania system. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Next came two Dutch prints which Mr. Toller had been eager for, and after he had secured them he went away. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But no sooner was this promotion secured than he started again on his wanderings southward, while his friend Adams went North, neither having any difficulty in making the trip. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Simpson in his flight had dropped his cravat, and Straker had picked it up--with some idea, perhaps, that he might use it in securing the horse's leg. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- It resulted in securing more advanced positions for all our troops where they were fully covered from the fire of the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Well, well, the point is a minor one, and when you have Randall you will probably find no difficulty in securing his accomplice. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Only as ultimately securing tranquillity of mind, which the philosopher instinctively pursues, has it for him any necessity. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The principal business consisted in securing mules, and getting them broken to harness. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Brush and Edward Weston laid the deep foundation of modern arc lighting in America, securing as well substantial recognition abroad. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It seemed apparent, therefore, that in order to obtain the desired speed there would have to be sacrificed that fineness of emulsion necessary for the securing of sharp pictures. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- My dear, Mr. Helstone's office secures him from criticism. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A large party secures its own amusement. Jane Austen. Emma.
- A very little trouble on your side secures him. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- She very soon discovered that there is a charm about fine clothes which attracts a certain class of people and secures their respect. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Only an environment which secures the full use of intelligence in the process of forming habits can counteract this tendency. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Our experience ought to teach us the necessity of the first; our power secures the latter. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The former secures unity, order, and law; the latter signify multiplicity and discord, irrational fluctuations from one estate to another. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Checked by Jessie