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The term "insure" appears in literature to denote the act of making certain or guaranteeing a particular outcome, whether in strategic, legal, personal, or practical contexts. In military and strategic writings, it is employed to underscore the measures taken to secure success or victory, as seen in discussions on warfare and tactics ([1], [2], [3]). It also finds its place in legal and contractual language, where "insure" serves as a synonym for "ensure" or "assure," thereby reinforcing the idea of safeguarding rights or outcomes ([4], [5], [6]). In narrative works, the word ranges from describing actions intended to guarantee personal happiness or safety ([7], [8], [9]) to practical uses in recipes, building instructions, or even scientific processes ([10], [11], [12]). This versatile usage underscores how "insure" consistently works to convey the concept of securing a desired condition across various literary forms ([13], [14], [15]).
  1. measures to insure success of, 242 , 243 .
    — from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini
  2. It is not so much the mode of formation as the proper combined use of the different arms which will insure victory.
    — from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini
  3. Successful retreat, how to insure, 242 , 243 .
    — from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini
  4. INSTRUMENT, legal document. INSURE, assure. INTEGRATE, complete, perfect.
    — from Every Man in His Humor by Ben Jonson
  5. An applicant for insurance may have misstated facts essential to the risk, yet the policy may simply insure a certain building or a certain life.
    — from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes
  6. render certain &c. adj.; insure, ensure, assure; clinch, make sure; determine, decide, set at rest, "make assurance double sure"
    — from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
  7. I gave him a sufficient dose of veronal to insure his unconsciousness for several hours.
    — from The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham
  8. Pray do all you can to insure our going to Italy together.
    — from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  9. I came personally, Mr. Holmes, in order to insure that you would return with me.
    — from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
  10. [2] No directions are given for the making of this compound which are essential to insure success of this formula.
    — from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius
  11. The more advanced types are almost automatic in operation, and are designed to insure uniformity of roasts.
    — from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
  12. Although pollinizers have not been used, we think that on young trees and in some years they might insure a better crop.
    — from Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting
  13. When dying he gave Dejanira his blood-stained shirt, telling her it would insure the faithfulness to her of any whom she loved.
    — from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri
  14. There are still three more considerations necessary to insure a safe settlement."
    — from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao
  15. "To insure success your cavalry should go with as little wagon-train as possible, relying upon the country for supplies.
    — from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. Grant

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