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ensure

ensure [ in shr, in sháwr ] (3rd person present singular ensures, present participle ensuring, past and past participle ensured)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
make something certain: to make sure that something will happen or be available
ensure a supply of fresh food
We must ensure that the environment remains a central concern.
He thought his donation might ensure him an invitation.

[14th century. < Anglo-Norman enseụrer, alteration of Old French asseụrer, assurer (see assure)]

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