assure

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/əˈʃɔː(ɹ)/
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/əˈʃɔː(ɹ)/ · /əˈʃʊə(ɹ)/ · /əˈʃʊɹ/ · /əˈʃɝ/

Definition of assure

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To make sure and secure; ensure.
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verb

  1. (transitive)To make sure and secure; ensure.
  2. (transitive)To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).
    “I assure you that the program will work smoothly when we demonstrate it to the client.”
    “He assured of his commitment to her happiness.”
  3. (obsolete)To guarantee, promise (to do something).
    “That as a law for euer should endure; / Which to obserue in word of knights they did assure.”
  4. (transitive)To reassure.

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Etymology

From Old French asseurer (Modern French assurer), from Latin ad- + securus (“secure”). Cognate with Spanish asegurar. Doublet of assecure.

Anagrams of assure

4 plays · some not in Scrabble

Best play urases 6 points

Hooks

3 extensions · 3 back

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