What is the meaning of SECURE. Phrases containing SECURE
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v. t.
To impart or impute sacredness, venerableness, inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to.
v. t.
To get possession of; to make one's self secure of; to acquire certainly; as, to secure an estate.
a.
To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.
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.
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A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like.
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The condition or quality of being secure; exemption from fear; want of vigilance; security.
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Something serving to tie or secure.
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Of or pertaining to ventilation; adapted to secure ventilation; ventilating; as, ventilative apparatus.
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Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; -- commonly with of; as, secure of a welcome.
imp. & p. p.
of Secure
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A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the from, to bring it, or any part of it, to the proper height; also, something placed back of a part of the tympan, so as to secure the right impression.
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Paying tribute to another, either from compulsion, as an acknowledgment of submission, or to secure protection, or for the purpose of purchasing peace.
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.
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In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger; safely.
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In falconry, one of the rings secured to the ends of the jesses.
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A round of a rope or cord in order to secure it, as about a pin or a cleat.
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Of or pertaining to health; designed to secure or preserve health; relating to the preservation or restoration of health; hygienic; as, sanitary regulations. See the Note under Sanatory.
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One who, or that which, secures.
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A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
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Not concerned; not anxious or solicitous; easy in mind; carelessly secure; indifferent; as, to be unconcerned at what has happened; to be unconcerned about the future.
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