A fork of Rural Dictionary
1. to make safe (as from risks or against overthrow) : insure 2. to give confidence to 3. to make sure or certain : convince 4. to inform positively 5. to make certain the coming or attainment of : guarantee
2 : and hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts — 1 John 3:19 3 : He glanced back to assure himself that no onw was following. 4 : I assure you that we can do it. 5 : The man worked hard to assure accuracy.
How "sure" you are on a particular subject
My assurity is low on how successful rocket boots will be.
A phrase that is utilized to express positiveness, a guarantee, or just general "knowing" of a person, subject, or event.
Jake: "Was the party at TJ's really as cool as everyone said it was?" Dre: "Hell yeah man. Everyone was having a good time." Jake: "Man, for real? And I missed it?!" Dre: "Rest Assured Jake. You missed more than you'll ever know..."
Normally heard in the context of `mutually assured destruction`; when something is mutually assured, it is guaranteed to happen to both parties involved. This phrase is normally linked to discussions involving nuclear weapons, where `mutually assured destruction` means that we are all guaranteed to die.
Hindsight is always 20-20 But looking back it's still a bit fuzzy Speak of mutually assured destruction? Nice story...tell it to Reader's Digest! - Megadeth, _Sweating Bullets_
confidence in yourself and your abilities
But for girls who lack that armor of self-assurance, the insecurity I felt after reading Seventeen must have been even more unbearable.