INSURE
In*sure", v. i.
Defn: To underwrite; to make insurance; as, a company insures at three per cent.
INSURER
In*sur"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, insures; the person or company that contracts to indemnify losses for a premium; an underwriter.
INSURGENCE; INSURGENCY
In*sur"gence, In*sur"gen*cy, n.
Defn: A state of insurrection; an uprising; an insurrection.
A moral insurgence in the minds of grave men against the Court of
Rome. G. Eliot.
INSURGENT In*sur"gent, a. Etym: [L. insurgens, p. pr. of insurgere to rise up; pref. in- in + surgere to rise. See Surge.]
Defn: Rising in opposition to civil or political authority, or against an established government; insubordinate; rebellious. "The insurgent provinces." Motley.
INSURGENT
In*sur"gent, n. Etym: [Cf. F. insurgent.]
Defn: A person who rises in revolt against civil authority or an established government; one who openly and actively resists the execution of laws; a rebel.