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Webster 1913 Edition
Assurance
1.
The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.
Whereof he hath given
assurance
unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. Acts xvii. 31.
Assurances
of support came pouring in daily. Macaulay.
2.
The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty.
Let us draw with a true heart in full
assurance
of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience. Heb. x. 22.
3.
Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.
Brave men meet danger with
assurance
. Knolles.
Conversation with the world will give them knowledge and
assurance
. Locke.
4.
Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity;
as, his
. assurance
is intolerable5.
Betrothal; affiance.
[Obs.]
Sir P. Sidney.
6.
Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death.
☞ Recently, assurance has been used, in England, in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited. See
Insurance
. 7.
(Law)
Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.
☞ In England, the legal evidences of the conveyance of property are called the common assurances of the kingdom.
Blackstone.
Webster 1828 Edition
Assurance
ASSU'RANCE
,Noun.
1.
The act of assuring, or of making a declaration in terms that furnish ground of confidence; as, I trusted to his assurances; or the act of furnishing any ground of full confidence.Whereof he hath given assurance to all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. Act. 17.
2.
Firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certain expectation; the utmost certainty.Let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith. Heb. 10.
3.
Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity.Brave men meet danger with assurance.
4.
Excess of boldness; impudence; as, his assurance is intolerable.5.
Freedom from excessive modesty, timidity or bashfulness; laudable confidence.Conversation with the world will give them knowledge and assurance.
6.
Insurance; a contract to make good a loss. [See Insurance.]7.
Any writing or legal evidence of the conveyance of property.8.
Conviction.9.
In theology, full confidence of one's interest in Christ, and of final salvation.