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*I. The action of assuring.* Of making certain.

*I. The [[action]] of assuring.* Of making certain.

:1. A promise or engagement making a thing certain; a formal engagement, pledge, or guarantee.

: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.

:3. A positive declaration intended to give confidence. Of making secure.

:3. A positive declaration intended to give confidence. Of making secure.

: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.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. 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.

  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.