adj overconfident; incautious; careless;
in a bad sense.
2. secure ·adj free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.
3. secure ·adj net exposed to danger; safe;
applied to persons and things, and followed by against or from.
4. secure ·vt to get possession of; to make one's self secure of; to acquire certainly; as, to secure an estate.
5. secure ·vt to make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
6. secure ·adj confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure;
commonly with of; as, secure of a welcome.
7. secure ·vt to make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship.
8. secure ·vt to put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; to insure;
frequently with against or from, rarely with of; as, to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage.