Word Meanings - PLOT-PROOF - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Secure against harm by plots. Shak.

AGAINSTAND
To withstand.
SECURER
One who, or that which, secures.
SECURENESS
The condition or quality of being secure; exemption from fear; want of vigilance; security.
SECURELY
In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger; safely. His daring foe . . . securely him defied. Milton.
AGAINST
1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in
SECUREMENT
The act of securing; protection. Society condemns the securement in all cases of perpetual protection by means of perpetual imprisonment. C. A. Ives.
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
ASSECURE
To make sure or safe; to assure. Hooker.
COUNTERSECURE
To give additional security to or for. Burke.
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
UNSECURE
Insecure. Milton.
INSECURELY
In an insecure manner.