assure

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (transitive) To make sure and secure; ensure.
  2. (transitive) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).
  3. (obsolete) To guarantee, promise (to do something).
  4. (transitive) To reassure.

Frekwensie

B2
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/əˈʃʊə/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

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

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