Verb

(ensur)

To make a pledge to (someone); to promise, guarantee (someone of something); to assure.

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*:Thenne he cryed hym mercy and sayd Faire knyght for goddes loue slee me not / and I shall ensure the neuer werre ageynst thy lady / but be alwey toward her / Thenne Bors lete hym be

To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).

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, title= Keeping the mighty honest , passage=British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.}}

Verb

To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.

She affirmed that she would go when I asked her.

To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.

* Bible, Acts xxv. 19

Jesus, whom Paul affirmed to be alive

To support or encourage.

They did everything they could to affirm the children's self-confidence.

To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (legal) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appelate court for review.