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countersecuring

countersecuring is the present participle and gerund 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 countersecuring

What is countersecuring the present participle and gerund of?
Countersecuring is the present participle and gerund of countersecure.

Words near countersecuring in the dictionary

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

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