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secure (adjective), securer, securest
1. Free from danger or attack; such as, a secure fortress.
2. Free from risk of loss; safe: "Her papers were secure in the safe deposit box."
3. Free from the risk of being intercepted or listened to by unauthorized people: "Only one telephone line in the embassy was secure."
4. Free from fear, anxiety, or doubt.
5. Not likely to fail or give way; stable: "She used a secure stepladder when she wanted to get objects from her high bookcase."
6. Firmly fastened: such as, a secure lock.
7. Reliable; dependable: "He always tried to make secure investments."
8. Assured; certain: "With three soccer goals in the first period, they had a secure victory; but somehow they lost the game."
8. Archaic, being careless or overconfident.
9. Etymology: "without care," from Latin securus, "without care, safe"; from secura, which came from se, "free from" + cura, "care".

Meaning "firmly fixed" (of material things) is from 1841, on the notion of "affording grounds for confidence". Security is attested from 1432, from Latin securitas, from securus.

This entry is located in the following units: cura-, cur- (page 5) se- (page 1)