·adj Overconfident; incautious; careless;
— in a bad sense.
II. Secure ·adj Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.
III. Secure ·adj Net exposed to danger; safe;
— applied to persons and things, and followed by against or from.
IV. Secure ·vt To get possession of; to make one's self secure of; to acquire certainly; as, to secure an Estate.
V. Secure ·vt To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to Guard; to Protect.
VI. Secure ·adj Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure;
— commonly with of; as, secure of a welcome.
VII. Secure ·vt 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.
VIII. Secure ·vt 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.