a.
We are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. Rom. ii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
I'm sure care 's an enemy of life. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord. 1 Sam. xxv. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]
The testimony of the Lord is sure. Ps. xix. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]
Which put in good sure leather sacks. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
The king was sure to Dame Elizabeth Lucy, and her husband before God. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]
I presume . . . that you had been sure as fast as faith could bind you, man and wife. Brome. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fear not; the forest is not three leagues off;
If we recover that we are sure enough. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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To be sure,
Be sure
To make sure.
She that's made sure to him she loves not well. Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a sure manner; safely; certainly. “Great, sure, shall be thy meed.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
'T is pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not liable to stumble or fall;
adv.
In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Gen. ii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]
He that created something out of nothing, surely can raise great things out of small. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely. Prov. x. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A making sure; surety. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Every surement and every bond. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being sure; certainty. [ 1913 Webster ]
For more sureness he repeats it. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]
The law holds with equal sureness for all right action. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Etymol. uncertain. See Rudesby. ] One to be sure of, or to be relied on. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
There is one which is suresby, as they say, to serve, if anything will serve. Bradford. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Suretyship. Prov. xi. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To act as surety for. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
Know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs. Gen. xv. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]
For the more surety they looked round about. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ We ] our happy state
Hold, as you yours, while our obedience holds;
On other surety none. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
There remains unpaid
A hundred thousand more; in surety of the which
One part of Aquitaine is bound to us. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it. Prov. xi. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]
She called the saints to surety,
That she would never put it from her finger,
Unless she gave it to yourself. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]