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countersecured

countersecured is the simple past and past participle of countersecure.

Meaning of countersecure

Verb

countersecure (third-person singular simple present countersecures, present participle countersecuring, simple past and past participle countersecured)

  1. (transitive) To give additional security to or for.
    • February 28 1785, Edmund Burke, speech in the House of Commons on the Nabob of Arcot's Debts
      When a soucar, that is a money dealer, becomes security for any native prince, the course is for the native prince to countersecure the money dealer, by making over to him in mortgage a portion of his...

Questions about countersecured

What is countersecured the simple past and past participle of?
Countersecured is the simple past and past participle of countersecure.

Words near countersecured in the dictionary

  1. countersealed
  2. countersealing
  3. counterseals
  4. counterseas
  5. countersecure
  6. countersecured
  7. countersecures
  8. countersecuring
  9. countersecurities
  10. countersecurity
  11. counterselect

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