secure

secure [-st] adj

L. sē-, without + cūra, care.

1. Assured; confident; unafraid; free from fear; not subject to danger.
2. Real; sure; certain; true; firm; guaranteed.
3. Safe; guarded; protected; sheltered; impregnable; inviolable; unassailable; free from being taken by an enemy in an attack.

secure [-d, -s] v

see secure, adj.

1. Keep; bar; prevent.
2. Seize; grasp; apprehend.
3. Tether; leash; tie.
4. Protect; guard; keep; make safe.
5. Earn; merit; deserve.