Definition of Secure

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Secure

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.

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.

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Secure Quotations

The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

He that's secure is not safe.
Benjamin Franklin

It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
John F. Kennedy

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.
George Washington

I cannot conceive of Israel withdrawing if Arab states do not recognize Israel, within secure borders.
Nelson Mandela

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
Aristotle

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
Sun Tzu

The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.
Abraham Maslow

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself.
Thomas Paine

It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
Niccolo Machiavelli

Secure Translations

secure in Afrikaans is veilig
secure in Dutch is bevestigen, fixeren, bepalen
secure in Finnish is varma
secure in German is sicherstellen
secure in Latin is securus, tutis, defigo
secure in Portuguese is seguro
secure in Spanish is afianzar

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