assure

== English == === Etymology === From Old French asseurer (Modern French assurer), from Latin ad- + securus (“secure”). Cognate with Spanish asegurar. Doublet of assecure. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) (pour–poor merger) IPA(key): /əˈʃɔː(ɹ)/ (without the pour–poor merger) IPA(key): /əˈʃʊə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /əˈʃʊɹ/, /əˈʃɝ/ Homophone: ashore (with the pour–poor merger) Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ) === Verb === assure (third-person singular simple present assures, present participle assuring, simple past and past participle assured) (transitive) To make sure and secure; ensure. (transitive) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something). [with that; or with of] (obsolete) To guarantee, promise (to do something). (transitive) To reassure. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== assurance reassure ==== Translations ==== === See also === ensure insure === Anagrams === Sauers, Sauser, Suares == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.syʁ/ Rhymes: -yʁ === Verb === assure inflection of assurer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Anagrams === ruasse, sueras, useras