Secured

verb

/səˈkjɔːd/

Word Frequency: 12.3

Definitions

1.verbTo make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.

2.verbTo put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.

"to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage"

3.verbTo make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.

"to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship"

4.verbTo get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.

"to secure an estate"

5.verbTo plight or pledge.

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