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assure

verb
/əˈʃɔː(ɹ)//əˈʃʊɹ/US

Etymology

From Old French asseurer (Modern French assurer), from Latin ad- + securus (“secure”). Cognate with Spanish asegurar. Doublet of assecure.

  1. derived from ad-
  2. derived from asseurer

Definitions

  1. To make sure and secure

    To make sure and secure; ensure.

  2. To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).

    • I assure you that the program will work smoothly when we demonstrate it to the client.
    • He assured of his commitment to her happiness.

  3. To guarantee, promise (to do something).

    • That as a law for euer should endure; / Which to obserue in word of knights they did assure.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To reassure.

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Derived

assuror, life assured, mutually assured destruction, over-assured, rest assured, sum assured

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at assure. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at assure. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at assure

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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