Word Meanings - SECUREMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of securing; protection. Society condemns the securement in all cases of perpetual protection by means of perpetual imprisonment. C. A. Ives.

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• SECURIFORM
  Having the form of an ax hatchet.
• SECURER
  One who, or that which, secures.
• SECURENESS
  The condition or quality of being secure; exemption from fear; want of vigilance; security.
• SECURITY
  1. The condition or quality of being secure; secureness. Specifically: Freedom from apprehension, anxiety, or care; confidence of power of safety; hence, assurance; certainty. His trembling hand had lost the ease, Which marks security to please.
• PROTECTIONIST
  One who favors protection. See Protection, 4.
• SOCIETY
  1. The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company. "Her loved society." Milton. There is society where none intrudes By the deep sea, and music in its roar. Byron. 2. Connection; participation;
• SECURELY
  In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger; safely. His daring foe . . . securely him defied. Milton.
• IMPRISONMENT
  The act of imprisoning, or the state of being imprisoned; confinement; restraint. His sinews waxen weak and raw Through long imprisonment and hard constraint. Spenser. Every confinement of the person is an imprisonment, whether it be in a common
• PERPETUALLY
  In a perpetual manner; constantly; continually. The Bible and Common Prayer Book in the vulgar tongue, being perpetually read in churches, have proved a kind of standard for language. Swift.
• PERPETUALTY
  The state or condition of being perpetual. Testament of Love.
• PERPETUAL
  Neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time; unfailing; everlasting; continuous. Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. Shak. Perpetual feast of nectared sweets. Milton. Circle of perpetual apparition, or occultation. See under Circle.
• SECUREMENT
  The act of securing; protection. Society condemns the securement in all cases of perpetual protection by means of perpetual imprisonment. C. A. Ives.
• PROTECTIONISM
  The doctrine or policy of protectionists. See Protection, 4.
• SECURIPALP
  One of a family of beetles having the maxillary palpi terminating in a hatchet-shaped joint.
• PERPETUAL CALENDAR
  A calendar that can be used perpetually or over a wide range of years. That of Capt. Herschel covers, as given below, dates from 1750 to 1961 only, but is capable of indefinite extension. PERPETUAL CALENDAR Day of the monthJan. Oct.Apr.
• SECURABLE
  That may be secured.
• SECURIFERA
  The Serrifera.
• SECURE
  1. Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident. But thou, secure of soul, unbent with woes. DRyden. 2. Overconfident; incautious; careless; -- in a bad sense. Macaulay. 3. Confident in opinion; not
• PROTECTION
  A theory, or a policy, of protecting the producers in a country from foreign competition in the home market by the imposition of such discriminating duties on goods of foreign production as will restrict or prevent their importation; -- opposed
• BENEFIT SOCIETY
  A society or association formed for mutual insurance, as among tradesmen or in labor unions, to provide for relief in sickness, old age, and for the expenses of burial. Usually called friendly society in Great Britain.
• ASSECURE
  To make sure or safe; to assure. Hooker.
• COUNTERSECURE
  To give additional security to or for. Burke.
• REIMPRISONMENT
  The act of reimprisoning, or the state of being reimprisoned.
• INSECURENESS
  Insecurity.
• INSECURE
  1. Not secure; not confident of safety or permanence; distrustful; suspicious; apprehensive of danger or loss. With sorrow and insecure apprehensions. Jer. Taylor. 2. Not effectually guarded, protected, or sustained; unsafe; unstable; exposed to