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, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident. But thou, secure of soul, unbent with woes. DRyden.

In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger; safely. His daring foe . . . securely him defied. Milton.

The act of securing; protection. [R.] Society condemns the securement in all cases of perpetual protection by means of perpetual imprisonment. C. A. Ives.

The condition or quality of being secure; exemption from fear; want of vigilance; security.

One who, or that which, secures.

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

To give additional security to or for. Burke.

Not secure; not confident of safety or permanence; distrustful; suspicious; apprehensive of danger or loss. With sorrow and insecure apprehensions. Jer. Taylor.

In an insecure manner.

Insecurity.

Insecure. [R.] Milton.

To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship.

So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.

ut control; a ruler; a governor. Though Heaven be shut, And Heaven's high Arbitrators sit secure. Milton. Masters of their own terms and arbitrators of a peace. Addison.

To confirm; to make certain or secure. And it shall be assured to him. Lev. xxvii. 19. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 1 John iii. 19.

to flatter, or offend. Pope. Men who were averse to the life of camps. Macaulay. Pass by securely as men averse from war. Micah ii. 8.

A hoop suspended by an elastic strap, in which a young child may be held secure while amusing itself by jumping on the floor.

The act of banishing, or the state of being banished. He secured himself by the banishment of his enemies. Johnson. Round the wide world in banishment we roam. Dryden.

a crack, etc. Batten door (Arch.), a door made of boards of the whole length of the door, secured by battens nailed crosswise.

The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.