ensures

verb

(intransitive) To make sure or certain of something (usually some future event or condition).

(transitive, obsolete) To make a pledge to (someone); to promise, guarantee (someone of something); to assure.

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Where does ensures come from?

The word ensures breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root sur-, from Latin cura (“care”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.