- To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.I spread a cloud before the victor's sight, Sustained the vanquished, and secured his flight.
- To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; to insure; -- frequently with against or from, rarely with of; as, to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage.It secures its possessor of eternal happiness.
- To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship.
- To get possession of; to make one's self secure of; to acquire certainly; as, to secure an estate.
