secure
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Definitions & Usage
Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of.
(obsolete) Overconfident; incautious; careless.
Certain to be achieved or gained; assured.
To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.
To fix in place; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.
(transitive, obsolete) To plight or pledge.
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“The vast majority of American Jews not only greatly dislike President Trump but also believe he has made them less safe: according to a May 2019 poll, nearly three-quarters of Jewish voters believe American Jews are less secure under Trump than they were before, 71 percent disapprove of Trump’s overall job performance, and nearly 60 percent believe that he bears at least some responsibility for the synagogue shootings carried out by white nationalists in Pittsburgh and Poway.”
— 2020 March, Joshua Leifer, “Led Astray”, in The Baffler, number 50:
“But thou, secure of soul, unbent with woes.”
— 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
“No sooner were we up there, than the old woman dragged the ladder, by which we had ascended, away with a chuckle, as if she was now secure that we could do no mischief, and sat herself down again once more, to doze and await her master's return.”
— 1861, Elizabeth Gaskell, The Grey Woman: