Definition of secure

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Secure (v. t.) 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..

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Sanctify :: Sanctify (v. t.) To impart or impute sacredness, venerableness, inviolability, title to reverence and respect, or the like, to; to secure from violation; to give sanction to..
Interlock :: Interlock (v. t.) To unite by locking or linking together; to secure in place by mutual fastening.
Quarry :: Quarry (v. i.) To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy..
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not to fulfill expectation..
Guardian :: Guardian (v. t.) One who guards, preserves, or secures; one to whom any person or thing is committed for protection, security, or preservation from injury; a warden..
Margin :: Margin (n.) Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc..
Key :: Key (n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc..
Stock :: Stock (n.) The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a musket or like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular piece of wood, which is an important part of several forms of gun carriage..
Form :: Form (n.) The type or other matter from which an impression is to be taken, arranged and secured in a chase..
Dreadless :: Dreadless (a.) Exempt from danger which causes dread; secure.
Shank :: Shank (v.) That part of a hoe, rake, knife, or the like, by which it is secured to a handle..
Cuckold''s Knot :: Cuckold's knot () A hitch or knot, by which a rope is secured to a spar, the two parts of the rope being crossed and seized together; -- called also cuckold's neck..
Insecure :: Insecure (a.) Not effectually guarded, protected, or sustained; unsafe; unstable; exposed to danger or loss..
Fasten :: Fasten (a.) To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window..
Fence :: Fence (v. t.) To inclose with a fence or other protection; to secure by an inclosure.
Passport :: Passport (n.) Figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance.
Toed :: Toed (a.) Having the end secured by nails driven obliquely, said of a board, plank, or joist serving as a brace, and in general of any part of a frame secured to other parts by diagonal nailing..
Chair :: Chair (n.) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.
Hook :: Hook (v. t.) To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout..
Remissory :: Remissory (a.) Serving or tending to remit, or to secure remission; remissive..
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