Part 1003

Sure (?), adv. In a sure manner; safely; certainly. "Great, sure, shall be thy meed." Spenser.

'T is pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print.

Byron.

Sure"-foot`ed (?), a. Not liable to stumble or fall; as, a sure-footed horse.

Sure"ly (?), adv. 1. In a sure or certain manner; certainly; infallibly; undoubtedly; assuredly.

In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Gen. ii. 17.

He that created something out of nothing, surely can raise great things out of small.

South.

2. Without danger; firmly; steadly; securely.

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely.

Prov. x. 9.

Sure"ment (?), n. A making sure; surety. [Obs.]

Every surement and every bond.

Chaucer.

Sure"ness, n. The state of being sure; certainty.

For more sureness he repeats it.

Woodward.

The law holds with equal sureness for all right action.

Emerson.

Sures"by (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain. See Rudesby.] One to be sure of, or to be relied on. [Obs.]

There is one which is suresby, as they say, to serve, if anything will serve.

Bradford.

Sure"ti*ship (?), n. Suretyship. Prov. xi. 15.

Sure"ty (?), n.; pl. Sureties (#). [OE. seurte, OF. seürté, F. sûreté. See Sure, Security.] 1. The state of being sure; certainty; security.

Know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs.

Gen. xv. 13.

For the more surety they looked round about.