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ensure

verb
/ɪnˈʃɔː(ɹ)//ɪnˈʃʊɹ/US

Etymology

From Middle English ensuren, from Anglo-Norman enseurer, from Old French seur (“sure”). Doublet of insure.

  1. derived from seur
  2. derived from enseurer
  3. inherited from ensuren

Definitions

  1. To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).

    • I use an alarm clock to ensure that I get up on time.

  2. To make a pledge to (someone)

    To make a pledge to (someone); to promise, guarantee (someone of something); to assure.

    • Thenne he cryed hym mercy and sayd Faire knyght for goddes loue slee me not / and I shall ensure the neuer werre ageynst thy lady / but be alwey toward her / Thenne Bors lete hym be

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Derived

ensurer

Vish — recursive loop

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

10 hops · closes at ensure

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA