insure
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insure
- /ɪnˈʃɔː(ɹ)/ UK
- /ɪnˈʃʊə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ɪnˈʃʊɚ/ US
- /ɪnˈʃɝ/ US
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ), -ɜː(ɹ)
Where it comes from
First attested in c. 1440, as a variant of Middle English ensuren (from Anglo-Norman enseurer, itself from Old French en- + seür (“sure”), probably influenced by Old French asseürer (“to assure”)); took on its particular sense of "make safe against loss by payment of premiums" in 1635, replacing assure. Doublet of ensure.
verb insures · insuring · insured
- To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event. I'm not insured against burglary.
- To deal in such contracts; subscribe to a policy of insurance
- Alternative spelling of ensure; to make sure or certain of; guarantee. We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for th
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Closest in meaning: underwrite, guarantee, ensure, see, ascertain, assure, control, secure, cover, check, provide, verify, protect, safeguard, reassure, achieve
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verb to provide for compensation if some risk occurs
| Español | asegurar |
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| Français | assurer |
| Deutsch | versichern |
| Italiano | assicurare |
| Ελληνικά | ασφαλίζω asfalízo |
| Română | asigura |
| Русский | страхова́ть straxovátʹ, застрахо́вывать zastraxóvyvatʹ, застрахова́ть zastraxovátʹ |
| עברית | ביטח, בִּטֵּחַ bitéakh |
verb to deal in such contracts
| Русский | страхова́ть straxovátʹ, застрахова́ть zastraxovátʹ |
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title = {insure},
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