ensure, insure, or assure · word that means to make certain

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56ensure, insure, or assure · word that means ‘to give someone confidence’RECALL
Assure.
You can assure a person that something is true or that you will act.
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57former or latter · word that means ‘preceding’RECALL
Former.
In a pair, former means the first mentioned; latter means the second mentioned.
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58former or latter · word that means ‘the second of two’RECALL
Latter.
Use former and latter only when the two references are unmistakably clear.
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