Ensure Definition
ĕn-sho͝or
ensured, ensures, ensuring
verb
ensured, ensures, ensuring
To make sure or certain; guarantee; secure.
Measures to ensure accuracy.
Webster's New World
To make safe; protect.
Safety devices to ensure workers against accidents.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
Origin of Ensure
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Middle English ensuren from Anglo-Norman enseurer Old French en- causative pref. en–1 Old French seur secure variant of sur sure
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Anglo-Norman enseurer, from Old French seur (“sure”).
From Wiktionary
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