Definitions
something clearly established
Word origin
From Middle English surete, attested since the early 1300s in the sense "guarantee, promise, pledge, assurance", from Anglo-Norman seurté/Old French seurté with the same meaning (whence modern French sûreté), from Latin sēcūritās. Equivalent to sure + -ty. The senses "security, safety, stability" and "certainty" are attested since the late 1300s. "One who undertakes to pay if another does not" is from the early 1400s. Doublet of security.
Used in a sentence
“Know of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs.”
“For the more surety they looked round about.”
The New Arcadia“[We] our happy state Hold, as you yours, while our obedience holds; On other surety none.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Guarantee”6 letters
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