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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Assure \As*sure\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Assured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assuring}.] [OF. ase["u]rer, F. assurer, LL. assecurare; L. ad + securus secure, sure, certain. See {Secure}, {Sure}, and cf. {Insure}.]
1. To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.
His promise that thy seed shall bruise our foe . . . Assures me that the bitterness of death Is past, and we shall live. --Milton.
2. To declare to, solemnly; to assert to (any one) with the design of inspiring belief or confidence.
I dare assure thee that no enemy Shall ever take alive the noble Brutus. --Shak.
3. To confirm; to make certain or secure.
And it shall be assured to him. --Lev. xxvii. 19.
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. --1 John iii. 19.
4. To affiance; to betroth. [Obs.] --Shak.
5. (Law) To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss, or to pay a specified sum at death. See {Insure}.
Syn: To declare; aver; avouch; vouch; assert; asseverate; protest; persuade; convince.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Assured \As*sured"\, adjective Made sure; safe; insured; certain; indubitable; not doubting; bold to excess.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Assured \As*sured"\, noun One whose life or property is insured.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
assured
adjective
1: marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence; "she paints with an assured hand"
2: characterized by certainty or security; "a tiny but assured income"; "we can never have completely assured lives"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
121 Moby Thesaurus words for "assured": affianced, arrogant, ascertained, aspiring, assurance, assuredness, attested, balanced, believing, betrothed, bound, certain, certified, certitude, clear-cut, cocksure, collected, committed, composed, compromised, confidence, confident, contracted, conviction, convinced, cool, covered, decided, definite, determinate, determined, devout, dogmatic, doubtless, engaged, ensured, equanimous, equilibrious, established, expectant, faithful, fideistic, fixed, fond, full of hope, game, guaranteed, hopeful, hoping, hubristic, imperturbable, impressed with, in good heart, in hopes, in the bag, insured, intended, levelheaded, made sure, nailed down, obligated, of good cheer, of good hope, on ice, open-and-shut, overconfident, oversure, overweening, persuaded, pietistic, pious, pistic, pledged, plighted, plucky, poised, pompous, positive, promised, pronounced, proud, proved, reassured, recollected, resolute, sanguine, satisfied, secure, secured, self-assured, self-confident, self-controlled, self-important, self-possessed, self-reliant, self-restrained, set, settled, sold on, spunky, stated, sure, sureness, surety, sworn, tested, together, tried, unafraid, under the impression, underwritten, undespairing, undoubtful, undoubting, unfaltering, unflappable, unhesitating, unruffled, unwavering, warranted, well-balanced
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