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(1):

(a.) Net exposed to danger; safe; - applied to persons and things, and followed by against or from.

(2):

(a.) Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

(3):

(a.) Overconfident; incautious; careless; - in a bad sense.

(4):

(a.) Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; - commonly with of; as, secure of a welcome.

(5):

(v. t.) To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship.

(6):

(v. t.) To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.

(7):

(v. t.) To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; to insure; - frequently with against or from, rarely with of; as, to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage.

(8):

(v. t.) To get possession of; to make one's self secure of; to acquire certainly; as, to secure an estate.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Secure'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/secure.html. 1828.
 
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