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† enˈsurance Obs. exc. in form insurance.
[a. OF. enseurance: see ensure v. and -ance.]
1. The action of ensuring or making certain; concr. a means of ensuring.
1654Whitlock Zootomia 143 Were some mens Petitions to men, as non-sensicall as their Prayers to God, they would need no other ensurance of their deniall. 1688Objection agst. Repeal Penal Laws & Tests 16, I will never seek or value an Ensurance by Oaths and Tests.
2. Betrothal. Cf. ensure v. 4.
1469Marg. Paston in Paston Lett. No. 601 II. 340, I have non very knowleche of your ensuraunce.
3. Comm. The securing against loss in return for a fixed payment; = insurance.
1661T. Mun Eng. Treas. (1664) 6 To be well acquainted with the laws..of the Ensurance office. a1695Marquis of Halifax (T.), There will be no ensurance here to make you amends, as there is in the case of fire. 1755in Johnson. |