ASSURED

assured

(adjective) marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence; “she paints with an assured hand”

assured

(adjective) characterized by certainty or security; “a tiny but assured income”; “we can never have completely assured lives”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

assured

simple past tense and past participle of assure

Adjective

assured (comparative more assured, superlative most assured)

Guaranteed

Confident.

Synonyms

• (guaranteed): sicker

Anagrams

• Sauders

Source: Wiktionary


As*sured", a.

Definition: Made sure; safe; insured; certain; indubitable; not doubting; bold to excess.

As*sured", n.

Definition: One whose life or property is insured.

ASSURE

As*sure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assured; p. pr. & vb. n. Assuring.] Etym: [OF. aseĂĽrer, F. assurer, LL. assecurare; L. ad + securus secure, sure, certain. See Secure, Sure, and cf. Insure.]

1. 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.

2. To declare to, solemnly; to assert to (any one) with the design of inspiring belief or confidence. I dare assure thee that no enemy Shall ever take alive the noble Brutus. Shak.

3. 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.

4. To affiance; to betroth. [Obs.] Shak.

5. (Law)

Definition: To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss, or to pay a specified sum at death. See Insure.

Syn.

– To declare; aver; avouch; vouch; assert; asseverate; protest; persuade; convince.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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