n. 1. an ancient Assyrian city. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. assuraunce, F. assurance, fr. assurer. See Assure. ] 1. The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. Acts xvii. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

Assurances of support came pouring in daily. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us draw with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience. Heb. x. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brave men meet danger with assurance. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conversation with the world will give them knowledge and assurance. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance is intolerable. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Betrothal; affiance. [ Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Recently, assurance has been used, in England, in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited. See Insurance. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Law) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In England, the legal evidences of the conveyance of property are called the common assurances of the kingdom. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Assured p. pr. & vb. n. Assuring. ] [ OF. aseürer, F. assurer, LL. assecurare; L. ad + securus secure, sure, certain. See Secure, Sure, and cf. Insure. ] 1. To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

His promise that thy seed shall bruise our foe . . .
Assures me that the bitterness of death
Is past, and we shall live. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To declare to, solemnly; to assert to (any one) with the design of inspiring belief or confidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

I dare assure thee that no enemy
Shall ever take alive the noble Brutus. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To confirm; to make certain or secure. [ 1913 Webster ]

And it shall be assured to him. Lev. xxvii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 1 John iii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To affiance; to betroth. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Law) To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss, or to pay a specified sum at death. See Insure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To declare; aver; avouch; vouch; assert; asseverate; protest; persuade; convince. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One whose life or property is insured. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made sure; safe; insured; certain; indubitable; not doubting; bold to excess. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Certainly; indubitably. “The siege assuredly I'll raise.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being assured; certainty; full confidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who takes out a life assurance policy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of rising. [ 1913 Webster ]

The . . . assurgency of the spirit through the body. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. assurgens, p. pr. of assurgere; ad + surgere to rise. ] Ascending; (Bot.) rising obliquely; curving upward. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]