Part 718

<h1>Assurance</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As*sur"ance</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>assuraunce</ets>, F. <ets>assurance</ets>, fr. <ets>assurer</ets>. See <er>Assure</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.</def>

<blockquote>Whereof he hath given <b>assurance</b> unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. <i>Acts xvii. 31.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Assurances</b> of support came pouring in daily. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty.</def>

<blockquote>Let us draw with a true heart in full <b>assurance</b> of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience. <i>Heb. x. 22.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.</def>

<blockquote>Brave men meet danger with <b>assurance</b>. <i>Knolles.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Conversation with the world will give them knowledge and <b>assurance</b>. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; <as>as, his <ex>assurance</ex> is intolerable</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Betrothal; affiance.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death.</def>

<note>&hand; Recently, <i>assurance</i> has been used, in England, in relation to life contingencies, and <i>insurance</i> in relation to other contingencies. It is called <i>temporary assurance</i>, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited. See <er>Insurance</er>.</note>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.</def>

<note>&hand; In England, the legal evidences of the conveyance of property are called the <i>common assurances</i> of the kingdom.</note>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Assure</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As*sure</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Assured</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Assuring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>ase\'81rer</ets>, F. <ets>assurer</ets>, LL. <ets>assecurare</ets>; L. <ets>ad + securus</ets> secure, sure, certain. See <er>Secure</er>, <er>Sure</er>, and cf. <er>Insure</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.</def>

<blockquote>His promise that thy seed shall bruise our foe . . . <b>Assures</b> me that the bitterness of death Is past, and we shall live. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To declare to, solemnly; to assert to (any one) with the design of inspiring belief or confidence.</def>

<blockquote>I dare <b>assure</b> thee that no enemy Shall ever take alive the noble Brutus. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To confirm; to make certain or secure.</def>

<blockquote>And it shall be <b>assured</b> to him. <i>Lev. xxvii. 19.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall <b>assure</b> our hearts before him. <i>1 John iii. 19.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To affiance; to betroth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss, or to pay a specified sum at death. See <er>Insure</er>.</def>