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Line 1: − + − *I. The action of assuring.* Of making certain. − + + + − + + + + + − + − :3. A positive declaration intended to give confidence. Of making secure.+ − + − Technically, the present usage is to differentiate life-assurance, and fire- and marine-insurance; though, as will be seen from the quotations, assurance was the original term in reference to marine risks. − + − + − ::8. Subjective certainty; a being certain as to a fact, certitude; confidence, trust. − + − + + + + + + + + + +
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:1. A promise or engagement making a thing certain; a formal engagement, pledge, or guarantee.
*I. The [[action]] of assuring.* Of making certain.
:1. A [[promise]] or engagement making a thing certain; a [[formal]] engagement, pledge, or guarantee.
:b. esp. An engagement guaranteeing [[peace]] and safety; terms of peace. Obs. exc. Hist.
:b. esp. An engagement guaranteeing peace and safety; terms of peace. Obs. exc. Hist.
:2. A marriage engagement, betrothal. Obs.
:3. A positive declaration intended to give [[confidence]]. Of making secure.
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:2. A marriage engagement, betrothal. Obs.
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Assurance''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Assurance this link].</center>
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:4. Law. The securing of a title to property; the conveyance of lands or tenements by deed; a legal evidence of the conveyance of property.kkkkiiiiiiI5. The action of insuring or securing the value of property in the event of its being lost, or of securing the payment of a specified sum in the event of a person's death; insurance.
:4. Law. The securing of a title to property; the conveyance of lands or tenements by deed; a legal evidence of the conveyance of property.killsI5. The [[action]] of insuring or securing the value of property in the event of its being lost, or of securing the payment of a specified sum in the event of a [[person]]'s [[death]]; insurance. Technically, the present usage is to differentiate life-assurance, and fire- and marine-insurance; though, as will be seen from the quotations, assurance was the original term in reference to marine risks.
*II. The state of being sure or assured.
*II. The [[state]] of being sure or assured.
:6. Objective certainty; = ASSUREDNESS 1. Obs.
:6. [[Objective]] certainty; = ASSUREDNESS 1. Obs.
:7. Security.
:7. Security.
::: b. in Theol. (See quot.)
::8. [[Subjective]] certainty; a being certain as to a [[fact]], certitude; [[confidence]], [[trust]].
:9. Self-confidence, self-reliance; confidence of manner, steadiness, intrepidity.
::: b. in Theol. (See quote)
::::1651 C. CARTWRIGHT Cert. Relig. I. 251 The Doctrine of Protestants concerning assurance of salvation..viz. that a man may have this assurance.
::::1852 SIR W. HAMILTON Disc. (1853) 508 Assurance, Personal Assurance, Special Faith, (the feeling of certainty that God is propitious to me,that my sins are forgiven).
:9. Self-confidence, self-reliance; confidence of [[manner]], steadiness, intrepidity.
:10. In a bad sense: Hardihood, audacity, presumption, impudence.
:10. In a bad sense: Hardihood, audacity, presumption, impudence.
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