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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Secure, adj., (adv.). [e.m.E. secure (?1533), L. sēcūrus free from care. Cf. Siker adj.]1. adj. a. Dependable, reliable. b. (Misguidedly) feeling oneself to be safe, complacent. c. Securely or firmly closed; here fig.a. 1691 J. M. Beale Fife Schools 218.
The minister enquired if any of them knew of a secure hand to put the said money into by loanb. c1630 Scot Narr. 92.
This shew of calmnesse made many the more secure, when in the mean time plotts were inlaying 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1894) 220.
Be sorry at corruption and be not secure ?1660–90 J. Walwood in P. Gillespie Rulers Sins (1718) 11.
With hearing of curats, [etc.] … many folks turned secure, and wylie and warryc. a1658 Durham Clavis Cantici 275.
Grace infused … by Christ's spirit, will make the most indisposed and secure heart to open to him heartsomly

2. adv. In safety, safely. 1611-57 Mure Dido & Æneas iii 124.
The savage citizens, which life did leed In wods and waters, all secure did rest 1666-74 Fraser Polichron. 83.
The Maclinnans … encamped near Cessack, where they lay secure in a leager