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** English
*** Etymology
From [en], from [en], from [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
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*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To make sure or certain of something ( _usually_ some future event or condition). [from 18th c.]
2. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=2013-08-10 | volume=408 | issue=8848 | magazine=w:The Economist | author=Lexington
|title=Keeping the mighty honest (see
http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21583274-new-wave-press-barons-should-not-allow-newspapers-become-niche-products-keeping)
|passage=British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to
be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in
Europe, government contracts and subsidies ENSURE that press barons will only
defy the mighty so far.}}
1. [en] To make a pledge to (someone); to promise , guarantee (someone of something); to assure . [14th]
2. * [18.8]
<!--Prior quote:#*:‘Fayre knyght, for Goddis love, sle me nat, and I shall
ENSURE the never to warre ayenste thy lady, but be allway towarde hir.’-->
**** Derived terms
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**** Related terms
{{col4|en |insure |assure |inshore }}
**** Translations
[assure]
[make sure or certain]
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