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nd believing; confident beyond doubt; implicity trusting; unquestioning; positive. We are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. Rom. ii. 2. I'm sure care 's an enemy of life. Shak.

Not liable to stumble or fall; as, a sure-footed horse.

In a sure or certain manner; certainly; infallibly; undoubtedly; assuredly. In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Gen. ii. 17. He that created something out of nothing, surely can raise great things out of small. South.

A making sure; surety. [Obs.] Every surement and every bond. Chaucer.

The state of being sure; certainty. For more sureness he repeats it. Woodward. The law holds with equal sureness for all right action. Emerson.

One to be sure of, or to be relied on. [Obs.] There is one which is suresby, as they say, to serve, if anything will serve. Bradford.

Suretyship. Prov. xi. 15.

The state of being sure; certainty; security. Know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs. Gen. xv. 13. For the more surety they looked round about. Sir P. Sidney.

The state of being surety; the obligation of a person to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another. Bouvier.

A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface. Simpson.

To measure.

One who admeasures.

A chief treasurer. Specifically, the great treasurer of the German empire.

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.

Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction.

Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion. [Obs.] Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Shak.