Signification

1. to secure (to make fast; to close or confine effectually)
2. to assure (to give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of)
3. to claim, to maintain
4. to ensure, to guarantee (to make a pledge to someone)
5. to make sure, to ensure (to take care that something happens)
6. to insure (to provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs)
7. to belay