Insure

Verb

 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  To deal in such contracts; subscribe to a policy of insurance
 * : To make sure or certain of; guarantee.
 * 1) * 1787, Preamble to the United States Constitution,
 * ''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 the United States of America.
 * : To give confidence in the trustworthiness of.
 * He insured me that there would be no further delays.

Derived terms

 * insurance
 * insurer
 * reinsure

Related terms

 * insurant
 * assure
 * ensure

Adverbs for Insure
prudentially; customarily; rashly; paradoxically; conventionally; conservatively; liberally.

Thesaurus
arm, armor, ascertain, assure, attest, back, be sponsor for, bless, bond, certify, champion, cinch, clear up, clinch, cloak, compass about, confirm, copyright, countersecure, cover, cushion, decide, defend, determine, dismiss all doubt, endorse, ensure, establish, fence, fend, find out, fix, get at, guarantee, guaranty, guard, harbor, haven, keep, keep from harm, make certain, make no doubt, make no mistake, make safe, make sure, make sure of, nail down, nestle, patent, police, protect, reassure, register, remove all doubt, ride shotgun for, safeguard, screen, secure, see that, see to it, set at rest, settle, shelter, shield, shroud, sign, sign for, sort out, sponsor, stand behind, stand up for, subscribe to, undersign, underwrite, warrant

Etymology
Recorded since c.1440, as a variant of ensuren (from  enseurer, itself from en- "make" +  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.

Pronunciation

 * or,  or

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
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 * Finnish:


 * German:
 * Russian: страховать (straχovát'), застраховать (zastraχovát')
 * Spanish:


 * Dutch: verzekeren, doen in verzekeringen


 * Russian: страховать (straχovát'), застраховать (zastraχovát')


 * Dutch:, ,


 * Russian: страховаться (straχovát's'a), подстраховаться (podstraχovát's'a)


 * Dutch: verzekeren, borgen voor


 * : assurer, guarantir, rassurer
 * : versichern
 * : asigura

Anagrams

 * inures, nursie, ursine