secure
To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
Decode Word
secure
Irregulars
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Rules
Vowel At End Rule
Vowels at the end of a word, or syllable, usually say their name (or long sound).
Spelling Rules
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Definition
- To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
- To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.
- To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
- To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.
- To plight or pledge.
- Free from attack or danger; protected.
- Free from the danger of theft; safe.
- Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
- Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
- Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
- Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
- Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of.
- Overconfident; incautious; careless.
- to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage
- to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship
- to secure an estate
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