Securely
(Se*cure"ly), adv. In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger; safely.
His daring foe . . . securely him defied.
Milton. Securement
(Se*cure"ment) n. The act of securing; protection. [R.]
Society condemns the securement in all cases of perpetual protection by means of perpetual imprisonment.
C. A. Ives. Secureness
(Se*cure"ness), n. The condition or quality of being secure; exemption from fear; want of
vigilance; security.
Securer
(Se*cur"er) n. One who, or that which, secures.
Securifera
(||Sec`u*rif"e*ra) n. pl. [NL., from L. securis an ax + ferre to bear.] (Zoöl.) The Serrifera.
Securiform
(Se*cu"ri*form) a. [L. securis an ax or hatchet + -form: cf. F. sécuriforme.] (Nat. Hist.)
Having the form of an ax or hatchet.
Securipalp
(Se*cu"ri*palp) n. [L. securis ax, hatchet + E. palp.] (Zoöl.) One of a family of beetles
having the maxillary palpi terminating in a hatchet- shaped joint.
Security
(Se*cu"ri*ty) n.; pl. Securities [L. securitas: cf. F. sécurité. See Secure, and cf. Surety.]
1. The condition or quality of being secure; secureness. Specifically: (a) Freedom from apprehension,
anxiety, or care; confidence of power or safety; hence, assurance; certainty.
His trembling hand had lost the ease,
Which marks security to please.
Sir W. Scott. (b) Hence, carelessness; negligence; heedlessness.
He means, my lord, that we are too remiss,
Whilst Bolingbroke, through our security,
Grows strong and
great in substance and in power.
Shak. (c) Freedom from risk; safety.
Give up yourself merely to chance and hazard,
From firm security.
Shak.
Some . . . alleged that we should have no security for our trade.
Swift. 2. That which secures or makes safe; protection; guard; defense. Specifically: (a) Something given, deposited,
or pledged, to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation, the performance of a contract, the payment
of a debt, or the like; surety; pledge.
Those who lent him money lent it on no security but his bare word.
Macaulay. (b) One who becomes surety for another, or engages himself for the performance of another's obligation.
3. An evidence of debt or of property, as a bond, a certificate of stock, etc.; as, government securities.
Syn. — Protection; defense; guard; shelter; safety; certainty; ease; assurance; carelessness; confidence; surety; pledge; bail.
Sedan
(Se*dan") n. [Said to be named from Sedan, in France, where it was first made, and whence
it was introduced into England in the time of King Charles I.] A portable chair or covered vehicle for
carrying a single person, — usually borne on poles by two men. Called also sedan chair.
