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ise, 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.

To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror. They rose with fear, . . . Till dauntless Pallas reassured the rest. Dryden.

One who reassures.

Assured by or of one's self; self-reliant; complacent.

Not assured; not bold or confident.

State of being accepted; acceptableness. "Makes it assured of acceptance." Shak.

To confirm; to assure. [Obs.] "The title is affeered." Shak.

To assure by promise. [Obs.] Pope.

To render (a person) certain; to cause to feel certain; to make confident; to assure; to apprise. [Obs.] When the blessed Virgin was so ascertained. Jer. Taylor. Muncer assured them that the design was approved of by Heaven, and that the Almighty had in a dream ascertained him of its effects. Robertson.…

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

The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty. Let us draw with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience. Heb. x. 22.

That assures; tending to assure; giving confidence. -- As*sur"ing*ly, adv.

To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow. My auguring mind assures the same success. Dryden.

A factotum. [R.] He is his master's both-hands, I assure you. B. Jonson.

Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning. To make her certain of the sad event. Dryden. I myself am certain of you. Wyclif.

One who certifies or assures.