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Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-shoor, -shur
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈʃʊər, -ˈʃɜr



Definition of ensures

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Anglo-French enseurer, from en- "make" (see en- (1)) + Old French seur "sure" (see sure); probably influenced by Old French asseurer "assure." Related: Ensured; ensures; ensuring.
  • verb guarantee; make secure
Example sentences :
  • It is an understood custom, and ensures that the child is a gift, not a loan.
  • Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
  • This ensures no large pieces getting into the rearing boxes.
  • Extract from : « Amateur Fish Culture » by Charles Edward Walker
  • In short, dialectic is what ensures the agreement of our thought with itself.
  • Extract from : « Creative Evolution » by Henri Bergson
  • The North is fighting for Union, for that ensures emancipation.
  • Extract from : « American Eloquence, Volume IV. (of 4) » by Various
  • A terrible war, an infernal toil, which, ensures the safety of the world.
  • Extract from : « The Insect » by Jules Michelet
  • "She has that within her that ensures happiness," said Peter steadily.
  • Extract from : « Southern Hearts » by Florence Hull Winterburn
  • This ensures warmth and light, without which our bodies are ill-nourished and miserable.
  • Extract from : « The Quiver, 11/1899 » by Anonymous
  • What ensures the stability of a lighthouse but its repetition of a tree-trunk in its contour?
  • Extract from : « Inventors at Work » by George Iles
  • I love its law, because, while it protects property, it ensures liberty.
  • Extract from : « The Attache » by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
  • It is just the fact that we make no attempt to hide it that ensures its reaching us in safety.
  • Extract from : « With Rifle and Bayonet » by F.S. Brereton

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