assure
/əˈʃʊɹ/ verb B2- To make sure and secure; ensure.
- To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something). · I assure you that the program will work smoothly when we demonstrate it to the client.· He assured of his commitment to her happiness.
- To reassure.
He/she/it assures · Past assured · Past participle assured · -ing form assuring
Verb forms
- Base form
- assure
- He/she/it
- assures
- Past
- assured
- Past participle
- assured
- -ing form
- assuring
From the library
I assure you I’ll say my prayers with a right good-will tonight.
I assure you it took me some time to think it out.
Marilla, I assure you it was sublime.”
“I assure you I did”--still with the sarcastic inflection which all the children, and Anne especially, hated.
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