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Secure   /sɪkjˈʊr/   Listen
Secure

verb
(past & past part. secured; pres. part. securing)
1.
Get by special effort.  Synonym: procure.
2.
Cause to be firmly attached.  Synonyms: fasten, fix.  "She fixed her gaze on the man"
3.
Assure payment of.
4.
Make certain of.  Synonyms: assure, ensure, guarantee, insure.  "Preparation will guarantee success!"
5.
Fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug.  Synonyms: plug, stop up.  "Stop up the leak"
6.
Furnish with battens.  Synonyms: batten, batten down.
adjective
1.
Free from fear or doubt; easy in mind.  Synonyms: unafraid, untroubled.
2.
Free from danger or risk.  "His fortune was secure" , "Made a secure place for himself in his field"
3.
Not likely to fail or give way.  "A secure foundation" , "A secure hold on her wrist"
4.
Immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with.  Synonyms: impregnable, inviolable, strong, unassailable, unattackable.  "Fortifications that made the frontier inviolable" , "A secure telephone connection"
5.
Financially sound.  Synonyms: dependable, good, safe.  "A secure investment"



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"Secure" Quotes from Famous Books



... standard ye o'erthrew Of faith, your favours grudged and aught of grace denied. Nay, though ye read therein discourse that sure should speak To heart and soul, no word thereunto ye replied, But deemed yourself secure from every changing chance Nor recked the ebb and flow of Fortune's treacherous tide. Were my affliction thine, love's anguish hadst thou dreed And in the flaming hell of long estrangement sighed. Yet shall thou suffer that which I from thee have ...
— Tales from the Arabic Volumes 1-3 • John Payne
... crime sui generis, appears to have been so acted upon, until the later period of the sixteenth century, when the Papal system had attained its highest pitch of power and of corruption. The influence of the Churchmen was in early times secure, and they rather endeavoured, by the fabrication of false miracles, to prolong the blind veneration of the people, than to vex others and weary themselves by secret investigations into dubious and mystical trespasses, ...
— Letters On Demonology And Witchcraft • Sir Walter Scott
... began the sweet, slow voice after a pause, "is one of the oldest known arts." Loder sat forward. The thought of Lady Bramfell mingled disconcertingly with some other thought more distant and less easy to secure. ...
— The Masquerader • Katherine Cecil Thurston
... the products of the mines in any part of Upper Silesia transferred to Poland in accordance with the present Treaty. Such products shall be free from all export duties or other charges or restrictions on exportation. Poland agrees to take such steps as may be necessary to secure that any such products shall be available for sale to purchasers in Germany on terms as favorable as are applicable to like products sold under similar conditions to purchasers in Poland or in any other country." This does not apparently amount ...
— The Economic Consequences of the Peace • John Maynard Keynes
... matter with you? Why? I do not understand. You were mistaken, no doubt. In my soul you are as a Madonna on a pedestal, in a place lofty, secure, immaculate. But I need you to live! I must have your eyes, your voice, your thought! Be my ...
— Madame Bovary • Gustave Flaubert


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