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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unsecure, v. [Secur(e v.] tr. a. To deprive (a person) of security. b. To make (a judgment) unsafe, to invalidate. c. p.p. Of a person: Not given secure possession of (an office). —a. 1685 Lauder Observes 210.
His assuming the title of king unsecures his children 1690 Cochran-Patrick Coinage II 232.
When any act was offered which might unsecure some of these who were in office, it was generallie dislyked by the Parliament and withdrawen —b. 1688 Fountainhall Decis. I 515.
This was objected against as pessimi exempli … and might unsecure and cast loose all the decreets in foro —c. 1642 Glasgow B. Rec. II 49.
If the said Mr. Robert remayne onprovyded and vnsecured of ather of the forsaid places
