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
assured
simple past tense and past participle of assure
assured (comparative more assured, superlative most assured)
Guaranteed
Confident.
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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.
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
8 April 2025
(adjective) pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade; “a coaxing and obsequious voice”; “her manner is quiet and ingratiatory and a little too agreeable”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
