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assure

verb as in convince, relieve doubt

verb as in promise

verb as in make certain

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Greg assured me that even in dense fog you know where land is by sensing the direction of the waves.

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Before letting Tom go, he directs him to a picnic spot that he assures the bird-watching enthusiast he will find beautiful, telling him, “You’re a decent man.”

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As the Emcee assures in his opening and closing words, “So, life is disappointing? Forget it! In here, life is beautiful. The girls are beautiful. Even the orchestra is beautiful.”

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Amorim assured fans the situation would improve because he had more time to work with his players without the midweek distraction of European football.

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He insisted all camps leading up the World Cup, with England needing only five points to assure qualification, would be about building competition and shaping his squad as well as results.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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