surement

See also: sûrement

English

Etymology

From Middle English surement, from Old French seürement; equivalent to sure +‎ -ment.

Noun

surement

(obsolete) A making sure; surety.
- Chaucer
  Every surement and every bond.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for surement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

menstrue, muenster

Middle English

Alternative forms

surment

Etymology

From Old French seürement; equivalent to sure +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /siu̯r(ə)ˈmɛnt/

Noun

surement (plural surementz)

A promise or oath.

Descendants

English: surement

References

“seurement (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-21.

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