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Meanings of insure in English

Portuguese
garantir
Spanish
garantizar
Catalan
garantir

Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something.

      garantir
      Spanish
      respaldar financieramente

      Protect by insurance.

            respaldar financieramente

            To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs.

                  Usage of insure in English
                  1
                  They needed another twelve minutes-justtwelve more minutes-toinsure their pursuers' destruction!
                  The Short Victorious War
                  2
                  The spent gases are vented to insure the greatest speed in carbonizing.
                  The Working of Steel / Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of...
                  3
                  A knowledge of general psychology will not insure ability in selecting employees.
                  Increasing Human Efficiency in Business / A Contribution to the ...
                  4
                  The commission shall insure a free and secret vote in three zones.
                  World's War Events Volume 3 / Beginning with the departure of t...
                  5
                  Hawaii enacted its law requiring employers to insure most workers in 1975.
                  Reuters
                  6
                  The cost to insure the debt of AIG also surged on Monday.
                  Reuters
                  7
                  Fortunately the same qualities that occasion the conflict insure the victory also.
                  Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01
                  8
                  It is the only way to insure the safety of his family.
                  Old Saint Paul's: A Tale of the Plague and the Fire
                  9
                  And to insure the matter he slipped over and saw the Judge.
                  The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel
                  10
                  Breeding ewes must be exercised in the winter to insure strong lambs.
                  Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry
                  11
                  This gold and silver will insure the construction of the overland railroads.
                  The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
                  12
                  The next step was to insure the abdication of Gohier and Moulin.
                  The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2)
                  13
                  Of course, this also tends to insure uniformity in the case-hardening operation.
                  The Working of Steel / Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of...
                  14
                  You must have both the caution and the boldness to insure success.
                  A Unique Story of a Marvellous Career: Life of Hon. Phineas T. B...
                  15
                  The astronomer took immediate and energetic measures to insure the public safety.
                  Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science
                  16
                  They employ expert sign painters & insure the sign against blowing down.
                  The new yorker
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