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ensure verb [ ɪnˈʃɔː ]

• make certain that (something) will occur or be the case.
• "the client must ensure that accurate records are kept"
Similar: make sure, make certain, see to it, secure, guarantee, warrant, certify, set the seal on, clinch, confirm, check, verify, corroborate, establish, sew up,
Origin: late Middle English (in the senses ‘convince’ and ‘make safe’): from Anglo-Norman French enseurer, alteration of Old French aseurer, earlier form of assurer (see assure). Compare with insure.


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