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Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-shoor, -shur
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈʃʊər, -ˈʃɜr

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Définition of ensured

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Anglo-French enseurer, from en- "make" (see en- (1)) + Old French seur "sure" (see sure); probably influenced by Old French asseurer "assure." Related: Ensured; ensures; ensuring.
  • verb guarantee; make secure
Example sentences :
  • For they left nothing to chance that could be ensured by effort.
  • Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon
  • After these vigorous but justifiable measures, obedience was ensured.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
  • It was the defeat of his schemes in America that ensured their defeat in England.
  • Extract from : « The War of Independence » by John Fiske
  • This ensured a good bond between the wall proper and the footing.
  • Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette
  • We may well be ensured that no wrong shall be done to them that have done no wrong.
  • Extract from : « In Convent Walls » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • For, if I had not so ensured and made it fated, I might later have wavered.
  • Extract from : « The Fifth Queen Crowned » by Ford Madox Ford
  • If you aid me with means, my object as to seamen will be ensured.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II » by Thomas Lord Cochrane
  • Apparently, it is induced to speak; in practice, its silence is ensured.
  • Extract from : « The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 4 (of 6) » by Hippolyte A. Taine
  • I could have died at that moment, and without a groan, to have ensured her safety.
  • Extract from : « The Rifle Rangers » by Captain Mayne Reid
  • Once the survival of this is ensured the individual may disappear.
  • Extract from : « Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916 » by Olga Metchnikoff

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