ASSURING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does assuring mean? 

• ASSURING (adjective)
  The adjective ASSURING has 1 sense:

1. giving confidence

  Familiarity information: ASSURING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASSURING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Giving confidence

Similar:

reassuring (restoring confidence and relieving anxiety)

 Context examples 

We resolved that she should go to Dora the first thing in the morning, and find some means of assuring her, either by looks or words, of my devotion and misery.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

And in spite of the assuring voice, the hand inspired distrust.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He felt like assuring her that mothers' hearts were not so easily broken, but instead he said, "And love is the greatest thing in the world."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration is in charge of assuring the safety and effectiveness of both prescription and over-the-counter medicines.

(Medicines, NIH)

An organization that works to safeguard patients through effective mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of their financial stability.

(Patient Advocacy Group, NCI Thesaurus)

The Miss Bertrams laughed at the idea, assuring her that the barouche would hold four perfectly well, independent of the box, on which one might go with him.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

They had the pleasure of assuring her that Bath more than answered their expectations in every respect.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

I caught a glimpse of rushing figures, and a moment later the voice of Holmes from within assuring them that it was a false alarm.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He expressed great pleasure in meeting Elinor, told her that he had been just going to call in Berkeley Street, and, assuring her that Fanny would be very glad to see her, invited her to come in.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

I took the obvious course, therefore, of calling upon Miss Morrison, of explaining to her that I was perfectly certain that she held the facts in her possession, and of assuring her that her friend, Mrs. Barclay, might find herself in the dock upon a capital charge unless the matter were cleared up.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)