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insure
What does insure mean?
insure (verb): to provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use insure in a sentence?
Where does insure come from?
First attested in c. 1440, as a variant of Middle English ensuren (from Anglo-Norman enseurer, itself from Old French en- + seür (“sure”), probably influenced by Old French asseürer (“to assure”)).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “insure” mean?
make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
Not quite: that's what drill means.
to provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs
Right! That's what “insure” means.
have the financial means to do something or buy something
Not quite: that's what afford means.
to use in place of something else, with the same function
Not quite: that's what substitute means.
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