Secure is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SECURE in dictionary:

VERB:
• to make firm or tight
• fix or attach (something) firmly so that it cannot be moved or lost
• make (a door or container) hard to open; fasten or lock
• compress (a blood vessel) to prevent bleeding.
• succeed in obtaining (something), especially with difficulty
• seek to guarantee repayment of (a loan) by having a right to take possession of an asset in the event of non-payment
• protect against threats; make safe
• 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; to insure; -- frequently with against or from, rarely with of; as, to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage.
• To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship.
• To get possession of; to make one\'s self secure of; to acquire certainly; as, to secure an estate.
• get by special effort
• cause to be firmly attached
• assure payment of
• make certain of
• fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
• furnish with battens
• obtain
ADJECTIVE:
• free from danger
• fixed or fastened so as not to give way, become loose, or be lost
• (of a place of detention) having provisions against the escape of inmates
• certain to remain safe and unthreatened
• protected against attack or other criminal activity
• feeling confident and free from fear or anxiety
• feeling no doubts about attaining
• Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.
• Overconfident; incautious; careless; -- in a bad sense.
• Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; -- commonly with of; as, secure of a welcome.
• Net exposed to danger; safe; -- applied to persons and things, and followed by against or from.
• free from fear or doubt; easy in mind
• free from danger or risk
• not likely to fail or give way
• immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
• financially sound

Words related to SECURE

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Words that contain SECURE

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How to use SECURE in a sentence

• Nevertheless the book has made for itself a secure place in our literature.
• With a secure and settled income, Scott now meditated a literary life.
• In consequence, his subjects had rebelled, and sought to secure their liberties.
• If we realize this, we shall see that it will be impossible to maintain our present position and secure our future without an appeal to arms.
• They built a line of lofty strong stone walls around their house, offices, and other property, and, thus secure, they awaited anxiously the expected visit of their deadly enemies.
• To secure the prosperity of the State, it was considered necessary to render homage unto whom homage was due at various seasons and under various circumstances.
• Also he was no longer so secure in the comfortable belief that all things work for an ultimate good.
• I took great pains, in constructing it, to secure a pleasant impression.
• I wish to secure this fellow as quietly as possible.
• Great credit would they deserve if their real object were not to gain votes to secure the establishment of a Socialist form of government.
• I was also fortunate enough, when I was on the Library Committee, to secure the purchase of the Franklin Papers for the Department of State.
• Many attempts have been made to secure this fruit at the proper season, but all of them have failed.
• University women teachers can best help to secure equality of opportunity by rendering themselves indispensable members of the body corporate.
• The greatest perils in our foreign relations came, as it happened, from another quarter, where peace seemed most secure, and where no man looked for trouble.
• It remained now only to find a hollow where I could lie down, and feel at least hidden, if not secure.
• Some half dozen or so of butteri and their aids enter the arena, which is thoroughly enclosed on all sides by high and secure palisades.
• The Company had made every effort, but without success, to secure a force of skilled workmen equal to the emergency.
• MacGregor decided to remain among them and with her recommendations secure another position of trust in some wealthy family.
• Ashmun had the satisfaction of seeing the passengers and property all safely landed, and provided with shelter to secure them from the rains of that inclement season.
• But as it would be difficult to follow this counsel at any time, and is quite impossible to follow it here and now, it is useless to propose means calculated to secure that end.
• There was a possibility that she might secure the moth, and so be able to start to college that fall, but if she did not, then she wanted the school.
• Associations calculated to secure for her every privilege enjoyed by man, should be formed and supported.
• The first duty of the boarding officer was to secure the officers of the craft with their papers.
• We have sought to bring the entire state within the perspective of the reader, leaving him to secure additional facts through personal investigation.

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