[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sure \sure\, adv.
   in a sure manner; safely; certainly. "great, sure, shall be
   thy meed." --spenser.
   1913 webster

         't is pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print.
                                                  --byron.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sure \sure\, a. compar. surer; superl. surest. oe. sur,
   of. se"ur, f. s^ur, l. securus; se aside, without + cura
   care. see secure, and cf. assure, insure, sicker
   sure.
   1. certainly knowing and believing; confident beyond doubt;
      implicity trusting; unquestioning; positive.
      1913 webster

            we are sure that the judgment of god is according to
            truth against them which commit such things. --rom.
                                                  ii. 2.
      1913 webster

            i'm sure care 's an enemy of life.    --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. certain to find or retain; as, to be sure of game; to be
      sure of success; to be sure of life or health.
      1913 webster

   3. fit or worthy to be depended on; certain not to fail or
      disappoint expectation; unfailing; strong; permanent;
      enduring. "his sure word." --keble.
      1913 webster

            the lord will certainly make my lord a sure house;
            because my lord fighteth the battles of the lord.
                                                  --1 sam. xxv.
                                                  28.
      1913 webster

            the testimony of the lord is sure.    --ps. xix. 7.
      1913 webster

            which put in good sure leather sacks. --chapman.
      1913 webster

   4. betrothed; engaged to marry. obs.
      1913 webster

            the king was sure to dame elizabeth lucy, and her
            husband before god.                   --sir t. more.
      1913 webster

            i presume . . . that you had been sure as fast as
            faith could bind you, man and wife.   --brome.
      1913 webster

   5. free from danger; safe; secure.
      1913 webster

            fear not; the forest is not three leagues off;
            if we recover that we are sure enough. --shak.
      1913 webster

   to be sure, or be sure, certainly; without doubt; as,
      shall you do? to be sure i shall.

   to make sure.
      a to make certain; to secure so that there can be no
          failure of the purpose or object. "make cato sure."
          --addison. "a peace can not fail, provided we make
          sure of spain." --sir w. temple.
      b to betroth. obs.
          1913 webster

                she that's made sure to him she loves not well.
                                                  --cotgrave.
          1913 webster

   syn: certain; unfailing; infallible; safe; firm; permanent;
        steady; stable; strong; secure; indisputable; confident;
        positive.
        1913 webster
see also:
surer surest secure assure insure sicker 
to be sure be sure to make sure 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sure
     adj 1: having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and
            assured; "felt certain of success"; "was sure or
            certain she had seen it"; "was very sure in his
            beliefs"; "sure of her friends" syn: certainp
            ant: uncertain, uncertain
     2: exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance;
        "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through";
        "be sure to lock the doors" syn: certain
     3: certain to occur; destined or inevitable; "he was certain to
        fail"; "his fate is certain"; "in this life nothing is
        certain but death and taxes"- benjamin franklin; "he faced
        certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to
        win" syn: certain ant: uncertain
     4: physically secure or dependable; "a sure footing"; "was on
        sure ground"
     5: capable of being depended on; "a quick and certain remedy";
        "a sure way to distinguish the two"; "wood dust is a sure
        sign of termites" syn: certain
     6: of persons worthy of trust or confidence; "a sure or
        trusted friend" syn: trusted
     7: infallible or unfailing; "a sure or true sign of one's
        commitment"
     8: certain not to fail; "a sure hand on the throttle"
     9: impossible to doubt or dispute; "indisputable or sure
        proof" syn: indisputable
     adv : definitely or positively `sure' is sometimes used
           informally for `surely'; "the results are surely
           encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's
           going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for
           certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure
           enough"; "he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell
           good"; "sure he'll come" syn: surely, certainly, for
           sure, for certain, sure enough, sure as shooting
see also:
certainp uncertain certain trusted indisputable surely 
certainly for sure for certain sure enough sure as shooting 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

284 moby thesaurus words for "sure":
   ok, roger, abiding, absolute, absolutely, accurate, adducible,
   admissible, agape, agog, all agog, all right, alright, alrighty,
   amen, anticipant, anticipating, anticipative, anticipatory,
   apodictic, arrogant, as you say, assured, assuredly, attestative,
   attestive, authentic, awaiting, aye, based on, believing, bound,
   by all means, calculable, certain, certainly, certified,
   changeless, circumstantial, clear, clear and distinct,
   clear as day, cocksure, cocky, conclusive, confident, constant,
   convinced, convincing, covered, cumulative, da, damning, decided,
   decisive, definite, dependable, determinate, determinative,
   determined, devout, documentary, documented, dogmatic, doubtless,
   eager, effective, enduring, ensured, established, evidential,
   evidentiary, ex parte, exactly, expectant, expecting, eye-witness,
   factual, faithful, faithworthy, fast, fated, fateful, fideistic,
   final, fine, firm, firsthand, fixed, foolproof, forearmed,
   forestalling, forewarned, founded on, gaping, genuine, good,
   good enough, grounded on, guaranteed, hear, hearsay, hopeful,
   hubristic, implicit, impressed with, in anticipation,
   in expectation, incontestable, incontrovertible, incorruptible,
   indeed, indeedy, indefeasible, indicative, indisputable,
   indubitable, ineluctable, inerrable, inerrant, inescapable,
   inevasible, inevitable, inexorable, infallible, inflexible,
   insured, invincible, inviolable, irrefutable, irresistible,
   irrevocable, ja, just so, looking for, looking forward to,
   mais oui, material, most assuredly, naturally, naturellement,
   necessary, never-failing, not surprised, nuncupative, of course,
   okay, optimistic, oui, overconfident, oversure, overweening,
   overwhelming, perfectly sure, persuaded, pert, pietistic, pious,
   pistic, poised, pompous, positive, positively, precisely,
   predestined, predetermined, predictable, prepared, presumptive,
   probative, proud, proven, quite, rather, ready, real, really,
   reassured, reliable, resistless, responsible, right, righto, safe,
   sanguine, satisfied, secure, secured, self-assured, self-confident,
   self-important, self-possessed, self-reliant, self-satisfied, set,
   significant, sold on, solid, sound, stable, staunch, steadfast,
   steady, straight, strong, substantial, suggestive, sure as death,
   sure as fate, sure thing, sure-enough, sure-fire, surefire, surely,
   symptomatic, telling, tested, to be sure, to be trusted, tried,
   tried and true, true, truly, trustable, trustworthy, trusty,
   unafraid, unambiguous, unavoidable, unchangeable, unchanging,
   uncompromising, uncontestable, uncontrollable, undeflectable,
   undeniable, under the impression, undeviating, undoubtful,
   undoubting, unequivocal, unerring, unfailing, unfalse, unfaltering,
   unflinching, unhesitating, univocal, unmistakable, unperfidious,
   unpreventable, unqualified, unquestionable, unquestioning,
   unshakable, unshakeable, unshaken, unstoppable, unsurprised,
   unswerving, untreacherous, unvarying, unwavering, unyielding,
   valid, very well, waiting, waiting for, warranted, watching for,
   weighty, well and good, well-founded, well-grounded, wholehearted,
   why yes, yea, yeah, yep, yes, yes indeed, yes indeedy, yes sir,
   yes sirree

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

sure
     
        "towards a broader basis for logic programming", bharat
        jayaraman, tr cs dept, suny buffalo, 1990.
     
        1995-01-05
     
     

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403 Forbidden

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