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- Galt - 12-16-2003 Is the same word as "insure"!!! freaky. Why don't they just settle on one. Every other word has one way to spell it. - Goatweed - 12-16-2003 I thought this was about that stuff old people drink. - Gooch - 12-16-2003 something is in goaty'd cupboard. - Keyser Soze - 12-16-2003 BMS makes it. - Paper Boy - 12-16-2003 Goatweed Wrote:I thought this was about that stuff old people drink.ensure is some good shit. i used to work at a hospital and i drank it all the time. tastes just like a milkshake. i highly reccomend it. i spelled that wrong, didn't I? - Kid Afrika - 12-16-2003 I think you ensure results and insure property or health/life - diceisgod - 12-16-2003 "Assuring" has the word for buttocks in it. - Keyser Soze - 12-16-2003 in·sure ( P ) Pronunciation Key (n-shr) v. in·sured, in·sur·ing, in·sures v. tr. To provide or arrange insurance for: a company that insures homeowners and businesses. To acquire or have insurance for: insured herself against losses; insured his car for theft. To make sure, certain, or secure. See Usage Note at assure. v. intr. To buy or sell insurance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Middle English ensuren, to assure, from Old French enseurer, possibly variant of assurer. See assure.] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in·sura·bili·ty n. in·sura·ble adj. en·sure ( P ) Pronunciation Key (n-shr) tr.v. en·sured, en·sur·ing, en·sures To make sure or certain; insure: Our precautions ensured our safety. See Usage Note at assure. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Middle English ensuren, from Anglo-Norman enseurer : Old French en-, causative pref.; see en-1 + Old French seur, secure, variant of sur; see sure.] [Buy it] Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. ensure Insure \In"sure\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insured; p. pr. & vb. n. Insuring.] [OE. ensuren, prob. for assuren, by a change of prefix. See 1st In-, and Sure, and cf. Assure, Ensure.] [Written also ensure.] 1. To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one. 2. Specifically, to secure against a loss by a contingent event, on certain stipulated conditions, or at a given rate or premium; to give or to take an insurance on or for; as, a merchant insures his ship or its cargo, or both, against the dangers of the sea; goods and buildings are insured against fire or water; persons are insured against sickness, accident, or death; and sometimes hazardous debts are insured. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. ensure \En*sure"\, v. t. 1. To make sure. See Insure. 2. To betroth. [Obs.] --Sir T. More. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. ensure v 1: make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!" [syn: guarantee, insure, assure, secure] 2: be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product" [syn: see, check, insure, see to it, control, ascertain, assure] Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University - The Sleeper - 12-16-2003 Paper Boy Wrote:I don't think I have had it, but any shake like that is great (Slim Fast, Nutrawhatever)Goatweed Wrote:I thought this was about that stuff old people drink.ensure is some good shit. i used to work at a hospital and i drank it all the time. tastes just like a milkshake. i highly reccomend it. i spelled that wrong, didn't I? - Goatweed - 12-16-2003 Slim Fast has been known to cause kidney stones (or gall stones, it's one of them) over prolonged consumption. - The Sleeper - 12-16-2003 i'd still do the slim fast diet if i was fat. those shakes are amazing - Goatweed - 12-16-2003 I considered trying it before I heard about the stones-thing. The problem is they're so good, I'd probably have 4 of them when I should only have 1. They're really expensive, too. - The Sleeper - 12-16-2003 yep, i buy them at the deli. $2 for a 12 oz can. Worth it on occassion though. - Goatweed - 12-16-2003 just don't drink too many, I don't wanna have to worry about you. - The Sleeper - 12-16-2003 don't worry about me, heroin takes up way too much of my funds to afford too many slim fast shakes. |