Chapter 123

3. (Shipbuilding) A knee placed under the cathead.

4. (Her.) A figure, sometimes of a man, but commonly of some animal, placed on either side of an escutcheon, and exterior to it. Usually, both supporters of an escutcheon are similar figures.

5. (Med.) A broad band or truss for supporting the abdomen or some other part or organ.

Sup*port"ful (?), a. Abounding with support. [Obs.] Chapman.

Sup*port"less, a. Having no support. Milton.

Sup*port"ment (?), n. Support. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Sup*port"ress (?), n. A female supporter. [R.]

You are my gracious patroness and supportress.

Massinger.

Sup*pos"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being supposed, or imagined to exist; as, that is not a supposable case. -- Sup*pos"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*pos"a*bly, adv.

Sup*pos"al (?), n. The act of supposing; also, that which is supposed; supposition; opinion. Shak.

Interest, with a Jew, never proceeds but upon supposal, at least, of a firm and sufficient bottom.

South.

Sup*pose" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supposed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Supposing.] [F. supposer; pref. sub- under + poser to place; -- corresponding in meaning to L. supponere, suppositum, to put under, to substitute, falsify, counterfeit. See Pose.] 1. To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the reality would involve or admit of; to imagine or admit to exist, for the sake of argument or illustration; to assume to be true; as, let us suppose the earth to be the center of the system, what would be the result?

Suppose they take offence without a cause.

Shak.

When we have as great assurance that a thing is, as we could possibly, supposing it were, we ought not to make any doubt of its existence.

Tillotson.

2. To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.

How easy is a bush supposed a bear!

Shak.

Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men, the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead.

2 Sam. xiii. 32.

3. To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature; as, purpose supposes foresight.

One falsehood always supposes another, and renders all you can say suspected.

Female Quixote.

4. To put by fraud in the place of another. [Obs.]

Syn. -- To imagine; believe; conclude; judge; consider; view; regard; conjecture; assume.

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Sup*pose" (?), v. i. To make supposition; to think; to be of opinion. Acts ii. 15.

Sup*pose", n. Supposition. [Obs.] Shak. "A base suppose that he is honest." Dryden.

Sup*pose"er (?), n. One who supposes.

Sup`po*si"tion (?), n. [F. supposition, L. suppositio a placing under, a substitution, fr. supponere, suppositium, to put under, to substitute. The word has the meaning corresponding to suppose. See Sub-, and Position.] 1. The act of supposing, laying down, imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known not to be true, or what is not proved.

2. That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise; opinion or belief without sufficient evidence.

This is only an infallibility upon supposition that if a thing be true, it is imposible to be false.

Tillotson.

He means are in supposition.

Shak.

Sup`po*si"tion*al (?), a. Resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural; supposed. South.

Sup*pos`i*ti"tious (?), a. [L. suppositicus. See Supposition.] 1. Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious; counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious writing. Bacon.

2. Suppositional; hypothetical. [R.] Woodward.

-- Sup*pos`i*ti"tious*ly, adv. -- Sup*pos`i*ti"tious*ness, n.

Sup*pos"i*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. suppositif.] Including or implying supposition, or hypothesis; supposed. -- Sup*pos"i*tive*ly, adv. Hammond.

Sup*pos"i*tive, n. A word denoting or implying supposition, as the words if, granting, provided, etc. Harris.

Sup*pos"i*tor (?), n. (Med.) An apparatus for the introduction of suppositories into the rectum.

Sup*pos"i*to*ry (?), n.; pl. Suppositories (#). [LL. suppositorium, fr. L. suppositorius that is placed underneath: cf. F. suppositoire. See Supposition.] (Med.) A pill or bolus for introduction into the rectum; esp., a cylinder or cone of medicated cacao butter.

Sup*po"sure (?), n. Supposition; hypothesis; conjecture. [Obs.] Hudibras.

Sup*press" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suppressed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Suppressing.] [L. suppressus, p. p. of supprimere to suppress; sub under + premere, pressum, to press. See Sub-, and Press.] 1. To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.

Every rebellion, when it is suppressed, doth make the subject weaker, and the prince stronger.

Sir J. Davies.

2. To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile. Sir W. Scott.

3. To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth.

She suppresses the name, and this keeps him in a pleasing suspense.

Broome.

4. To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.

Syn. -- To repress; restrain; put down; overthrow; overpower; overwhelm; conceal; stifle; stop; smother.

Sup*press"i*ble (?), a. That may be suppressed.

Sup*pres"sion (?), n. [L. suppressio: cf. F. suppression.] 1. The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the like.

2. (Med.) Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion. Quain.

3. (Gram.) Omission; as, the suppression of a word.

Syn. -- Overthrow; destruction; concealment; repression; detention; retention; obstruction.

Sup*press"ive (?), a. Tending to suppress; subduing; concealing.

Sup*press"or (?), n. [L., hider.] One who suppresses.

Sup*prise" (?), v. t. To surprise. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Sup"pu*rant (?), n. (Med.) A suppurative.

Sup"pu*rate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Suppurated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Suppurating.] [L. suppuratus, p. p. of suppurare to suppurate, cause to suppurate; sub under + pus, puris, matter. See Pus.] To generate pus; as, a boil or abscess suppurates.

Sup"pu*rate, v. t. To cause to generate pus; as, to suppurate a sore. Arbuthnot.

Sup`pu*ra"tion (?), n. [L. suppuratio: cf. F. suppuration.] 1. The act or process of suppurating.

2. The matter produced by suppuration; pus.

Sup"pu*ra*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. suppuratif.] Tending to suppurate; promoting suppuration.

Suppurative fever (Med.), pyæmia.

Sup"pu*ra*tive, n. (Med.) A suppurative medicine.

Sup"pu*tate (?), v. t. [L. supputatus, p. p. of supputare. See Suppute.] To suppute. [Obs.]

Sup`pu*ta"tion (?), n. [L. supputatio: cf. F. supputation.] Reckoning; account. [Obs.]

Sup*pute" (?), v. t. [F. supputer, or L. supputare; sub under + putare to reckon.] To reckon; to compute; to suppose; to impute. [Obs.] Drayton.

Su"pra (?), adv. [L.; akin to super. See Super-.] Over; above; before; also, beyond; besides; -- much used as a prefix.

Su`pra-a*cro"mi*al (?), a. (Anat.) Situated above the acromial process of the scapula.

Su`pra-an"gu*lar (?), a. (Anat.) See Surangular.

Su`pra-au*ric"u*lar (?), a. (Zoöl.) Situated above the ear coverts, or auriculars; -- said of certain feathers of birds. -- n. A supra-auricular feather.

Su"pra-ax"il*la*ry (?), a. (Bot.) Growing above the axil; inserted above the axil, as a peduncle. See Suprafoliaceous.

Su`pra*bran"chi*al (?), a. (Zoöl.) Situated above the branchiæ; -- applied especially to the upper division of the gill cavity of bivalve mollusks.

{ Su`pra*cho"roid (?), Su`pra*cho*roid"al (?), } a. (Anat.) Situated above the choroid; - - applied to the layer of the choroid coat of the eyeball next to the sclerotic.

Su`pra*cil"i*a*ry (?), a. (Anat.) Superciliary.

Su`pra*clav"i*cle (?), n. (Anat.) A bone which usually connects the clavicle with the post-temporal in the pectorial arch of fishes.

Su`pra*cla*vic"u*lar (?), a. (Anat.) (a) Situated above the clavicle. (b) Of or pertaining to the supraclavicle.

{ Su`pra*con"dy*lar (?), Su`pra*con"dy*loid (?), } a. (Anat.) Situated above a condyle or condyles.

Su`pra*cos"tal (?), a. (Anat.) Situated above, or on the outside of, the ribs.

Su`pra*cra"ni*al (?), a. (Anat.) Situated above, or in the roof of, the cranium.

Su`pra*cre*ta"ceous (?), a. (Geol.) Lying above the chalk; Supercretaceous.

Su`pra*de*com"pound (?), a. (Bot.) More than decompound; divided many times.

{ Su`pra-e*soph"a*gal (?), Su`pra-e`so*phag"e*al (?), } a. (Bot. & Zoöl.) Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the esophagus; as, the supra- esophageal ganglion of Crustacea. [Written also supra- œsophagal, and supra-œsophageal.]

Su`pra-eth"moid (?), a. (Anat.) Above, or on the dorsal side of, the ethmoid bone or cartilage.

Su`pra*fo`li*a"ceous (?), a. (Bot.) Inserted into the stem above the leaf, petiole, or axil, as a peduncle or flower.

Su`pra*glot"ic (?), a. (Anat.) Situated above the glottis; -- applied to that part of the cavity of the larynx above the true vocal cords.

Su`pra*he*pat"ic (?), a. (Anat.) Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the liver; -- applied to the branches of the hepatic veins.

Su`pra*hy"oid (?), a. (Anat.) Hyomental.

Su`pra-il"i*um (?), n. (Anat.) The cartilaginous cap at the sacral end of the ilium of some animals.

Su`pra*lap*sa"ri*an (?), n. [Supra- + lapse: cf. F. supralapsaire.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of that class of Calvinists who believed that God's decree of election determined that man should fall, in order that the opportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption of a part of the race, the decree of salvation being conceived of as formed before or beyond, and not after or following, the lapse, or fall. Cf. Infralapsarian.

Su`pra*lap*sa"ri*an, a. Of or pertaining to the Supralapsarians, or their doctrine.

Su`pra*lap*sa"ri*an*ism (?), n. The doctrine, belief, or principles of the Supralapsarians.

Su`pra*lap"sa*ry (?), a. Supralapsarian.

Su`pra*lap"sa*ry, n. A Supralapsarian.

Su`pra*lo"ral (?), a. (Zoöl.) Situated above the lores; as, the supraloral feathers of a bird. -- n. A supraloral feather.

{ Su`pra*lu"nar (?), Su`pra*lu"na*ry (?), } a. Beyond the moon; hence, very lofty.

Su`pra*max"il*la (?), n.; pl. Supramaxillæ (&?;). (Anat.) The upper jaw or maxilla.

Su`pra*max"il*la*ry (?), a. (Anat.) (a) Situated over the lower jaw; as, the supramaxillary nerve. (b) Of or pertaining to the upper jaw.

Su`pra*mun"dane (?), a. Being or situated above the world or above our system; celestial.

Su`pra*nat"u*ral*ism (?), n. The state of being supernatural; belief in supernatural agency or revelation; supernaturalism.

Su`pra*nat"u*ral*ist, n. A supernaturalist.

{ Su`pra*nat"u*ral*ist (?), Su`pra*nat`u*ral*is"tic (?), } a. Of or pertaining to supernaturalism; supernaturalistic.

Su`pra*oc*cip"i*tal (?), a. (Anat.) Situated over, or in the upper part of, the occiput; of or pertaining to the supraoccipital bone. -- n. The supraoccipital bone.

Supraoccipital bone (Anat.), a bone on the dorsal side of the great foramen of the skull, usually forming a part of the occipital in the adult, but distinct in the young.

Su`pra*oc"u*lar (?), a. (Zoöl.) Above the eyes; -- said of certain scales of fishes and reptiles.

Su`pra-œ*soph"a*gal (?), a. (Anat.) See Supra-esophagal.

{ Su`pra*or"bit*al (?), Su`pra*or"bit*ar (?), } a. (Anat.) Situated above the orbit of the eye.

Supraorbital point (Anat.), the middle point of the supraorbital line, which is a line drawn across the narrowest part of the forehead, separating the face from the cranium; the ophryon.

Su*prap"e*dal (?), a. (Zoöl.) Situated above the foot of a mollusk; as, the suprapedal gland.

Su`pra*pro"test (?), n. (Mercantile Law) An acceptance of a bill by a third person after protest for nonacceptance by the drawee. Burrill.

{ Su`pra*pu"bi*an (?), Su`pra*pu"bic (?), } a. (Anat.) Situated above, or anterior to, the pubic bone.

Su`pra*re"nal (?), a. (Anat.) Situated above, or anterior to, the kidneys. -- n. A suprarenal capsule.

Suprarenal capsules (Anat.), two small bodies of unknown function in front of, or near, the kidneys in most vertebrates. Also called renal capsules, and suprarenal bodies.

{ Su`pra*scalp"u*lar (?), Su`pra*scalp"u*la*ry (?), } a. (Anat.) Situated above, or on the anterior side of, the scapula.

Su`pra*sphe*noid"al (?), a. (Anat.) Situated above the sphenoidal bone; as, the suprasphenoidal appendage, or pituitary body.

Su`pra*spi"nal, a. (Anat.) (a) Situated above the vertebral column. (b) Situated above a spine or spines; supraspinate; supraspinous.

{ Su`pra*spi"nate (?), Su`pra*spi"nous (?), } a. (Anat.) Situated above a spine or spines; especially, situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the neural spines of the vertebral column, or above, or in front of, the spine of the scapula.

Su`pra*sta*pe"di*al (?), a. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, that part of the columella of the ear which projects above the connection with the stapes, as in many animals. -- n. The suprastapedial part of the columella.

Su`pra*ster"nal (?), a. (Anat.) Situated above, or anterior to, the sternum.

Su`pra*tem"po*ral (?), a. (Anat.) Situated above the temporal bone or temporal fossa. -- n. A supratemporal bone.

Su`pra*troch"le*ar (?), a. (Anat.) Situated over or above a trochlea or trochlear surface; -- applied esp. to one of the subdivisions of the trigeminal nerve.

Su`pra*vag"i*nal (?), a. (Anat.) Situated above or outside a sheath or vaginal membrane.

Su`pra*vi"sion (?), n. Supervision. [Obs.]

Su`pra*vis"or (?), n. A supervisor. [Obs.]

Su`pra*vul"gar (?), a. Being above the vulgar or common people. [R.] Collier.

Su*prem"a*cy (?), n. [Cf. F. suprématie. See Supreme.] The state of being supreme, or in the highest station of power; highest or supreme authority or power; as, the supremacy of a king or a parliament.

The usurped power of the pope being destroyed, the crown was restored to its supremacy over spiritual men and causes.

Blackstone.

Oath supremacy, an oath which acknowledges the supremacy of the sovereign in spiritual affairs, and renounced or abjures the supremacy of the pope in ecclesiastical or temporal affairs. [Eng.] Brande & C.

Su*preme" (?), a. [L. supremus, superlative of superus that is above, upper, fr. super above: cf. F. suprême. See Super-, and cf. Sum.] 1. Highest in authority; holding the highest place in authority, government, or power.

He that is the supreme King of kings.

Shak.

2. Highest; greatest; most excellent or most extreme; utmost; greatist possible (sometimes in a bad sense); as, supreme love; supreme glory; supreme magnanimity; supreme folly.

Each would be supreme within its own sphere, and those spheres could not but clash.

De Quincey.

3. (Bot.) Situated at the highest part or point.

The Supreme, the Almighty; God.

Su*preme"ly, adv. In a supreme manner.

Su*prem"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. LL. supremitas.] Supremacy. [Obs.] Fuller.

Sur-. [F. sur over, above, contr. fr. L. super, supra. See Super-.] A prefix signifying over, above, beyond, upon.

||Su"ra (?), n. [Ar., a step, a degree.] One of the sections or ||chapters of the Koran, which are one hundred and fourteen in number.

Su`ra*dan"ni (?), n. A valuable kind of wood obtained on the shores of the Demerara River in South America, much used for timbers, rails, naves and fellies of wheels, and the like.

Sur`ad*di"tion (?), n. [F.] Something added or appended, as to a name. [Obs.] Shak.

Su"rah (?), n. A soft twilled silk fabric much used for women's dresses; -- called also surah silk.

Su"ral (?), a. [L. sura the calf of the leg: cf. F. sural.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the calf of the leg; as, the sural arteries.

Sur"ance (?), n. Assurance. [Obs.] Shak.

Sur*an"gu*lar (?), a. [Pref. sur- + angular.] (Anat.) Above the angular bone; supra- angular; -- applied to a bone of the lower jaw in many reptiles and birds. -- n. The surangular bone.

Sur"base` (?), n. [Pref. sur- + base.] 1. (Arch.) A cornice, or series of moldings, on the top of the base of a pedestal, podium, etc. See Illust. of Column.

2. A board or group of moldings running round a room on a level with the tops of the chair backs. Knight.

Sur"based` (?), a. (Arch.) (a) Having a surbase, or molding above the base. (b) [F. surbaissé.] Having the vertical height from springing line to crown less than the half span; -- said of an arch; as, a segmental arch is surbased.

Sur*bate" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surbated; p. pr. & vb. n. Surbating.] [F. solbatu, p. p., bruised (said of a horse's foot); sole a sole (of a horse's foot) + battu, p. p. of battre to beat.] 1. To make sore or bruise, as the feet by travel. [Obs.]

Lest they their fins should bruise, and surbate sore Their tender feet upon the stony ground.

Spenser.

Chalky land surbates and spoils oxen's feet.

Mortimer.

2. To harass; to fatigue. [Obs.] Clarendon.

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Sur*beat" (?), v. t. Same as Surbate. [Obs.]

Sur*bed" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surbedded; p. pr. & vb. n. Surbedding.] [Pref. sur- + bed.] To set edgewise, as a stone; that is, to set it in a position different from that which it had in the quarry.

It . . . has something of a grain parallel with the horizon, and therefore should not be surbedded.

Gilbert White.

Sur*bet" (?), v. t. Same as Surbate. [Obs.]

Sur*bet", a. Surbated; bruised. [Obs.] Spenser.

Sur*cease" (?), n. [F. sursis, from sursis, p. p. of surseoir to suspend, postpone, defer, in OF., to delay, refrain from, forbear, L. supersedere. Surcease is not connected with E. cease. See Supersede.] Cessation; stop; end. "Not desire, but its surcease." Longfellow.

It is time that there were an end and surcease made of this immodest and deformed manner of writing.

Bacon.

Sur*cease", v. t. To cause to cease; to end. [Obs.] "The waves . . . their range surceast." Spenser.

The nations, overawed, surceased the fight.

Dryden.

Sur*cease", v. i. To cease. [Obs.]

Sur*cease"ance (?), n. Cessation. [Obs.]

Sur*charge" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surcharged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Surcharging (?).] [F. surcharger. See Sur-, and Charge, and cf. Overcharge, Supercharge, Supercargo.] 1. To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.

Four charged two, and two surcharged one.

Spenser.

Your head reclined, as hiding grief from view, Droops like a rose surcharged with morning dew.

Dryden.

2. (Law) (a) To overstock; especially, to put more cattle into, as a common, than the person has a right to do, or more than the herbage will sustain. Blackstone. (b) (Equity) To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given. Story. Daniel.

Sur*charge", n. [F.] 1. An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne.

A numerous nobility causeth poverty and inconvenience in a state, for it is surcharge of expense.

Bacon.

2. (Law) (a) The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to. (b) (Equity) The showing an omission, as in an account, for which credit ought to have been given. Burrill.

Sur*charge"ment (?), n. The act of surcharging; also, surcharge, surplus. [Obs.] Daniel.

Sur*char"ger (?), n. One who surcharges.

Sur"cin`gle (?), n. [OE. sursengle, OF. sursangle. See Sur-, and Cingle, Shingles.] 1. A belt, band, or girth which passes over a saddle, or over anything laid on a horse's back, to bind it fast.

2. (Eccl.) The girdle of a cassock, by which it is fastened round the waist.

Sur"cin`gled (?), a. Bound with the surcingle.

Sur"cle (?), n. [L. surculus.] A little shoot; a twig; a sucker. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Sur"cloy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surcloyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Surcloying.] To surfeit. [Obs.]

Sur"coat` (?), n. [OE. surcote, OF. surcote. See Sur-, and Coat, and cf. Overcoat.] 1. A coat worn over the other garments; especially, the long and flowing garment of knights, worn over the armor, and frequently emblazoned with the arms of the wearer.

A long surcoat of pers upon he had..

Chaucer.

At night, or in the rain, He dons a surcoat which he doffs at morn.

Emerson.

2. A name given to the outer garment of either sex at different epochs of the Middle Ages.

Sur"crew` (?), n. [From F. surcroît increase, or surcrû, p. p. of surcroître to overgrow.] Increase; addition; surplus. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Sur"cu*late (?), v. t. [L. surculatus, p. p. of surculare to purne, from surculus a shoot, sprout. See Surcle.] To purne; to trim. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Sur`cu*la"tion (?), n. Act of purning. [Obs.]

Sur"cu*lose` (?), a. [CF. L. sucrulosus woody. See Surcle.] (Bot.) Producing suckers, or shoots resembling suckers.

Surd (?), a. [L. surdus deaf (whence the meaning, deaf to reason, irrational), perhaps akin to E. swart. Cf. Sordine.] 1. Net having the sense of hearing; deaf. [Obs.] "A surd . . . generation." Sir T. Browne.

2. Unheard. [Obs.] Kenrick.

3. (Math.) Involving surds; not capable of being expressed in rational numbers; radical; irrational; as, a surd expression or quantity; a surd number.

4. (Phonetics) Uttered, as an element of speech, without tone, or proper vocal sound; voiceless; unintonated; nonvocal; atonic; whispered; aspirated; sharp; hard, as f, p, s, etc.; -- opposed to sonant. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§169, 179, 180.

Surd, n. (Math.) 1. A quantity which can not be expressed by rational numbers; thus, &radic;2 is a surd.

2. (Phon.) A surd element of speech. See Surd, a., 4.

Surd"al (?), a. (Math.) Same as Surd, a., 3.

Surd"i*ny (?), n. A sardine. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Surd"i*ty (?), n. [L. surditas.] Deafness. [Obs.]

Sure (?), a. [Compar. Surer (?); superl. Surest.] [OE. sur, OF. seür, F. sûr, L. securus; se aside, without + cura care. See Secure, and cf. Assure, Insure, Sicker sure.] 1. Certainly knowing and believing; confident beyond doubt; implicity trusting; unquestioning; positive.

We are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.

Rom. ii. 2.

I'm sure care 's an enemy of life.

Shak.

2. Certain to find or retain; as, to be sure of game; to be sure of success; to be sure of life or health.

3. Fit or worthy to be depended on; certain not to fail or disappoint expectation; unfailing; strong; permanent; enduring. "His sure word." Keble.

The Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord.

1 Sam. xxv. 28.

The testimony of the Lord is sure.

Ps. xix. 7.

Which put in good sure leather sacks.

Chapman.

4. Betrothed; engaged to marry. [Obs.]

The king was sure to Dame Elizabeth Lucy, and her husband before God.

Sir T. More.

I presume . . . that you had been sure as fast as faith could bind you, man and wife.

Brome.

5. Free from danger; safe; secure.

Fear not; the forest is not three leagues off; If we recover that we are sure enough.

Shak.

-- To be sure, or Be sure, certainly; without doubt; as, Shall you do? To be sure I shall. -- To make sure. (a) To make certain; to secure so that there can be no failure of the purpose or object. "Make Cato sure." Addison. "A peace can not fail, provided we make sure of Spain." Sir W. Temple. (b) To betroth. [Obs.]

She that's made sure to him she loves not well.

Cotgrave.

Syn. -- Certain; unfailing; infallible; safe; firm; permanent; steady; stable; strong; secure; indisputable; confident; positive.

Sure (?), adv. In a sure manner; safely; certainly. "Great, sure, shall be thy meed." Spenser.

'T is pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print.

Byron.

Sure"-foot`ed (?), a. Not liable to stumble or fall; as, a sure-footed horse.