assured

[uh-shoo rd, uh-shurd] /əˈʃʊərd, əˈʃɜrd/
adjective
1.
guaranteed; sure; certain; secure:
an assured income.
2.
bold; confident; authoritative:
His art was both assured and facile.
3.
boldly presumptuous.
4.
Chiefly British. insured, as against loss.
noun
5.
Insurance.
  1. the beneficiary under a policy.
  2. the person whose life or property is covered by a policy.
Origin
1325-75; Middle English; see assure, -ed2
Related forms
assuredly
[uh-shoo r-id-lee, uh-shur-] /əˈʃʊər ɪd li, əˈʃɜr-/ (Show IPA), adverb
assuredness, noun
overassured, adjective
overassuredly, adverb
overassuredness, noun
unassured, adjective
unassuredly, adverb
unassuredness, noun
well-assured, adjective

assure

[uh-shoo r, uh-shur] /əˈʃʊər, əˈʃɜr/
verb (used with object), assured, assuring.
1.
to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to:
She assured us that everything would turn out all right.
2.
to cause to know surely; reassure:
He assured himself that no one was left on the bus.
3.
to pledge or promise; give surety of; guarantee:
He was assured a job in the spring.
4.
to make (a future event) sure; ensure:
This contract assures the company's profit this month.
5.
to secure or confirm; render safe or stable:
to assure a person's position.
6.
to give confidence to; encourage.
7.
Chiefly British. to insure, as against loss.
Origin
1325-75; Middle English as(e)uren, assuren < Old French aseurer < Late Latin assēcūrāre, equivalent to Latin as- as- + sēcūr- (see secure) + -ā- thematic vowel + -re infinitive suffix
Related forms
assurer, assuror, noun
interassure, verb (used with object), interassured, interassuring.
preassure, verb (used with object), preassured, preassuring.
unassuring, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for assured

assured

/əˈʃʊəd/
adjective
1.
made certain; sure; guaranteed
2.
self-assured
3.
(mainly Brit) insured, esp by a life assurance policy
noun
4.
(mainly Brit)
  1. the beneficiary under a life assurance policy
  2. the person whose life is insured
Derived Forms
assuredly (əˈʃʊərɪdlɪ) adverb
assuredness, noun

assure

/əˈʃʊə/
verb (transitive; may take a clause as object)
1.
to cause to feel sure or certain; convince: to assure a person of one's love
2.
to promise; guarantee: he assured us that he would come
3.
to state positively or with assurance
4.
to make (an event) certain; ensure
5.
(mainly Brit) to insure against loss, esp of life
6.
(property law) another word for convey
Derived Forms
assurable, adjective
assurer, noun
Word Origin
C14: from Old French aseürer to assure, from Medieval Latin assēcūrāre to secure or make sure, from sēcūrussecure
Word Origin and History for assured
adj.

of persons, "confident, self-assured," late 14c., past participle adjective from assure. Related: Assuredly; assuredness.

assure

v.

late 14c., from Old French asseurer (12c., Modern French assurer) "to reassure, calm, protect, to render sure," from Vulgar Latin *assecurar, from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + securus "safe, secure" (see secure (adj.)). Related: Assured; assuring.