secure (v.)
- accept
- acquire
- admit
- advocate
- affix
- anchor
- annex
- arm
- armor
- arouse
- arrogate
- assume
- assure
- attach
- attest
- back
- bag
- bang
- bar
- barricade
- batten
- belay
- bind
- bless
- bolt
- bond
- bridle
- bring
- bulwark
- button
- capture
- catch
- cement
- certain
- certify
- chain
- champion
- choke
- cinch
- clamp
- clap
- clinch
- cloak
- close
- collar
- confirm
- constrict
- contain
- contract
- cool
- copyright
- corral
- cover
- cramp
- cushion
- deduce
- defend
- derive
- draw
- earn
- easy
- educe
- elicit
- enchain
- endorse
- engraft
- ensure
- evoke
- fast
- fasten
- fence
- fend
- fetch
- fetter
- firm
- fix
- flank
- fold
- gain
- get
- good
- graft
- grapple
- guarantee
- guard
- hamper
- handcuff
- harbor
- harvest
- have
- hobble
- hog-tie
- hopple
- hypothecate
- induce
- insure
- keep
- key
- knit
- lash
- latch
- leash
- lock
- make
- manacle
- moor
- nail
- nestle
- net
- obtain
- occlude
- padlock
- patent
- picket
- pinion
- plumb
- police
- prehend
- preserve
- procure
- produce
- protect
- reap
- receive
- register
- restrain
- retrieve
- rivet
- rope
- rouse
- sack
- safe
- safeguard
- score
- screen
- seal
- self
- set
- shackle
- shag
- shelter
- shield
- shroud
- shut
- sign
- slam
- snap
- sound
- sponsor
- stable
- staunch
- steady
- stimulate
- strangle
- strap
- strike
- stuck
- sure
- take
- tether
- tie
- tight
- tighten
- trammel
- trim
- undersign
- underwrite
- wangle
- warrant
- win
- zipper
secure (adj.)
- arm
- arrogant
- ascertained
- assumed
- assured
- attested
- back
- bag
- balanced
- bang
- bar
- believing
- bless
- bond
- button
- calculable
- certain
- certified
- chain
- champion
- close
- closed
- cocksure
- collar
- confident
- convinced
- cool
- cosy
- cover
- decided
- definite
- dependable
- determinate
- determined
- devout
- dogmatic
- easy
- established
- evident
- faithful
- fast
- fastened
- fence
- fiducial
- firm
- fixed
- fold
- gain
- get
- glued
- good
- guaranteed
- guard
- haven
- healthy
- immovable
- immune
- immunized
- imperturbable
- inevitable
- insured
- intact
- invincible
- jammed
- key
- knit
- lash
- lock
- net
- obvious
- open-and-shut
- overconfident
- overweening
- patent
- persuaded
- pietistic
- pious
- pistic
- plumb
- poised
- pompous
- positive
- predictable
- probable
- profitable
- protected
- proud
- proved
- reassured
- reliable
- safe
- sanguine
- satisfied
- score
- screen
- seal
- self
- self-assured
- self-confident
- self-important
- self-reliant
- set
- settled
- shackle
- sheltered
- shielded
- shut
- sign
- snug
- solid
- sound
- stable
- stated
- staunch
- steadfast
- steady
- strong
- stuck
- sturdy
- substantial
- sure
- taped
- tested
- tie
- tight
- tried
- trim
- trustworthy
- trusty
- unafraid
- undamaged
- unfailing
- unfaltering
- unflappable
- unflinching
- unharmed
- unhesitating
- unhurt
- unquestionable
- unscathed
- unshakable
- untouched
- unwavering
- warranted
- wedged
- well-balanced
- well-founded
- well-grounded
- win
Should the whole frame of Nature round him break,
In ruin and confusion hurled,
He, unconcerned, would hear the mighty crack,
And stand secure amidst a falling world.
I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history; the world knows it by heart. The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston and Concord and Lexington and Bunker Hill; and there they will remain forever.
