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  1. 1. a. Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Overconfident; incautious; careless; -- in a bad sense. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; -- commonly with of; as, secure of a welcome. Source: opted
  4. 4. a. Net exposed to danger; safe; -- applied to persons and things, and followed by against or from. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. 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. Source: opted
  7. 7. v. t. 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. Source: opted
  8. 8. v. t. To get possession of; to make one's self secure of; to acquire certainly; as, to secure an estate. Source: opted
  9. 9. adj. free from fear or doubt; easy in mind Source: wordnet
  10. 10. adj. free from danger or risk Source: wordnet
  11. 11. adj. not likely to fail or give way Source: wordnet
  12. 12. adj. immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with Source: wordnet

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