assured (adj.)

late 14c., of persons, "confident, self-assured," past-participle adjective from assure. From early 15c. as "secure, made safe." Related: Assuredly; assuredness.

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assure (v.)

late 14c., "reassure, give confidence to; make secure or safe, protect; bind by a pledge, give a promise or pledge (to do something)," from Old French asseurer "to reassure, calm, protect, to render sure" (12c., Modern French assurer), from Vulgar Latin *assecurar, from assimilated form of Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + securus "safe, secure" (see secure (adj.)). Related: Assured; assuring.

self-assured (adj.)

"self-confident, feeling confident and assured as to oneself," 1711, from self- + assured.

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Definitions of assured

assured (adj.)

marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence;

she paints with an assured hand

assured (adj.)

characterized by certainty or security;

we can never have completely assured lives

a tiny but assured income

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