insure

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event.
  2. Verb.  (intransitive) To deal in such contracts; subscribe to a policy of insurance.
  3. Verb.  (chiefly, US) (alternative spelling of, ensure) : (transitive) To make sure or certain of; guarantee.
  4. Verb.  (context, perhaps) (alternative form of, assure) : (transitive) To give confidence in the trustworthiness of.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.