verb
- transitive to secure (to make fast; to close or confine effectually)
- transitive to assure (to give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of)
- to claim, to maintain
- transitive to ensure, to guarantee (to make a pledge to someone)
- reflexive to make sure, to ensure (to take care that something happens)
- transitive to insure (to provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs)
- to belay