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countersecures

countersecures is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 countersecures

What is countersecures the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Countersecures is the third-person singular simple present indicative of countersecure.

Words near countersecures in the dictionary

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

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