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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. |
| + | :b. esp. An engagement guaranteeing [[peace]] and safety; terms of peace. Obs. exc. Hist. |
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| + | :2. A marriage engagement, betrothal. Obs. |
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− | :1. A [[promise]] or engagement making a thing certain; a formal engagement, pledge, or guarantee. | + | :3. A positive declaration intended to give [[confidence]]. Of making secure. |
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− | :b. esp. An engagement guaranteeing peace and safety; terms of peace. Obs. exc. Hist.
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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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− | :3. A positive declaration intended to give confidence. Of making secure.
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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. 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. | + | :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. |
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− | *II. The state of being sure or assured. | + | *II. The [[state]] of being sure or assured. |
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− | :6. Objective certainty; = ASSUREDNESS 1. Obs. | + | :6. [[Objective]] certainty; = ASSUREDNESS 1. Obs. |
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| :7. Security. | | :7. Security. |
− | ::8. Subjective certainty; a being certain as to a fact, certitude; confidence, trust.
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− | ::: b. in Theol. (See quot.) | + | ::8. [[Subjective]] certainty; a being certain as to a [[fact]], certitude; [[confidence]], [[trust]]. |
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− | :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. |
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| + | ::::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). |
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| + | :9. Self-confidence, self-reliance; confidence of [[manner]], steadiness, intrepidity. |
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| :10. In a bad sense: Hardihood, audacity, presumption, impudence. | | :10. In a bad sense: Hardihood, audacity, presumption, impudence. |
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