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See Arsenide.

Combined with arsenic; -- said some elementary substances or radicals; as, arseniureted hydrogen. [Also spelt arseniuretted.]

To make sure or safe; to assure. [Obs.] Hooker.

To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence. His promise that thy seed shall bruise our foe . . . Assures me that the bitterness of death Is past, and we shall live. Milton.

Made sure; safe; insured; certain; indubitable; not doubting; bold to excess.

Certainly; indubitably. "The siege assuredly I'll raise." Shak.

The state of being assured; certainty; full confidence.

One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter.

Attainder; disgrace.

An augur. [Obs.] Shak.

Golden; gilded. Skelton.

The chrysalis, or pupa of an insect, esp. when reflecting a brilliant golden color, as that of some of the butterflies.

Of or pertaining to the aurelia.

The circle of rays, or halo of light, with which painters surround the figure and represent the glory of Christ, saints, and others held in special reverence.

Accident; chance; adventure. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Rearing and care of birds.

-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless. Azure stone (Min.), the lapis lazuli; also, the lazulite.

Of an azure color; sky-blue. "The azured harebell." Shak.

Of a fine blue color; azure.

A baccalaureate sermon. [U.S.]