assuré, -e, adj., sure, safe, secure; certain; bold, confident; impudent; trusty; insured. Une retraite —e; a safe retreat. Sa perte est —e; his ruin is infallible.
assuré, n.m., -e, n.f., person insured.
assurément, adv., assuredly, surely, to be sure; doubtless, undoubtedly; certainly, sure enough. Oui, —; yes, doubtless. — non; certainly not.
assurer, v.a., to assure (a person of a thing); to assert, to affirm, to promise; to secure, to make sure of; to guarantee; to inspire with confidence; to fix firmly; to fasten; to insure; to underwrite; (man.) to accustom to the bit. Il a assuré son argent; he has made sure of his money. — la bouche d’un cheval; to accustom a horse to bear the bit. — une maison contre l’incendie; to insure a house against fire. — pour l’aller; (com.) to insure out. — pour le retour; to insure home.
s’assurer, v.r., to secure, to make sure of; to ascertain; to be confident of; to satisfy one’s self; to be assured, to be sure; to be persuaded, to be convinced. S’— de quelqu’un; to secure any one, to engage him. S’— d’un poste; to make sure of a position.
assureur, n.m., underwriter, insurer, assurer.
assyrien, -ne, adj., n., Assyrian.
astéisme, n.m., (rhet.) asteism, irony.
☉astelle, n.f., (surg.) splint, bolster. V. attelle.
aster, n.m., (bot.) star-wort, aster.