assure

Signification

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

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/əˈʃʊə/

Étymologie

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