Synonyms:
see, check, insure, see_to_it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure
Meaning: be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product"
Synonyms:
guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure
Meaning: make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!"
Synonyms:
cover, insure, underwrite
Meaning: protect by insurance; "The insurance won't cover this"
Synonyms:
insure
Meaning: take out insurance for
Usage examples
Time seemed to soften the hearts of master and mistress, and to insure kinder and more humane treatment to bondsmen and bondswomen.
It was three o'clock; at a quarter past, a merchant presented himself to insure two ships; it was a clear profit of 15,000. francs.
Now, however, the poor man was dying, and could never hope to enjoy his share of the spoil, or even insure its possession to his relatives.
Amidst such violent animosities, power alone could insure safety; and the power of one side was necessarily attended with danger to the other.
To insure success in spite of their weakness, they determined to conceal themselves and wait quietly until the Indians had lain down for sleep.
The Beaver's best course was, no doubt, to procure A second-hand dagger-proof coat-- So the Baker advised it--and next, to insure Its life in some Office of note:
The King of France, whatever sacrifices he might already have made and might still make in order to insure their co-operation, could no more count upon it than upon the loyalty of the King of Spain in the conquest they were entering upon together.
Taken by an adult this powder would insure several hours of heavy slumber without danger to the sleeper. This he handed to Chunk McGowan, telling him to administer it in a liquid if possible, and received the hearty thanks of the backyard Lochinvar.
From my own experience as a teacher and consultant, I state without hesitation that in no other branch of medicine or surgery are graver emergencies encountered than in certain obstetrical complications whose treatment involves the greatest responsibility and requires the highest order of ability to insure a successful outcome for the mother and her child.
These powers are to be exercised only for certain specified objects; and the purposes, declared in the beginning of the deed or instrument of delegation, were "to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity."