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Assure

verb

(past & past part. assured; pres. part. assuring)

Make certain of. Synonyms: ensure, guarantee, insure, secure. "Preparation will guarantee success!"

Inform positively and with certainty and confidence. Synonym: tell.

Assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence.

Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something. Synonyms: ascertain, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it. "See that the curtains are closed" , "Control the quality of the product"

Cause to feel sure; give reassurance to. Synonym: reassure. Antonym: worry.

Make a promise or commitment. Synonym: promise.

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"Assure" Quotes from Famous Books

... Jackson. 'Miss Learight is a mighty nice girl, but I can assure you my intentions go no further than the gastro—' but he seen my hand going down to my holster and he changed his similitude—'than the desire to procure a copy of the pancake ...

— Heart of the West • O. Henry

... committed, and of artfully regaining his lost place in Noel Vanstone's estimation. Admitting that circumstances had at last declared themselves unmistakably in her favor, Mrs. Lecount was not the less convinced that nothing would permanently assure her master's security for the future but the plain exposure of the conspiracy which she had striven to accomplish from the first—which she was resolved to ...

— No Name • Wilkie Collins

... knew that he had a history," said the lawyer, seating himself comfortably in his arm-chair. "We will listen, dear doctor. I assure you that your confidence will not be misplaced. I confess this youth arouses ...

— The Waif of the "Cynthia" • Andre Laurie and Jules Verne

... sir," he added hastily, turning to Angelo and bowing. "In addressing myself particularly to your brother, I was not meaning to leave you out. It was an unintentional rudeness, I assure you, and due wholly to accident—accident and preoccupation. I beg you ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... But I can assure you, in the first place, that St. Louis is by no means altogether new. I have been up at it, and found most lovely and true colour left in many parts: the crown, which you will find, after our mornings at the Spanish chapel, is of importance, nearly ...

— Mornings in Florence • John Ruskin

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