sure (n.)

sure (v.)

Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection.

Book Of Common Prayer: The Burial Service.

Thou sure and firm-set earth,

Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear

Thy very stones prate of my whereabout.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Macbeth. Act ii. Sc. 1.

As sure as a gun.

John Dryden (1631-1701): The Spanish Friar. Act iii. Sc. 2.

Sure as a gun.

Miguel De Cervantes (1547-1616): Don Quixote. Part i. Book iii. Chap. vii.

He's a sure card.

John Dryden (1631-1701): The Spanish Friar. Act ii. Sc. 2.

I 'll make assurance double sure,

And take a bond of fate.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Macbeth. Act iv. Sc. 1.

What a man has, so much he is sure of.

Miguel De Cervantes (1547-1616): Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xliii.