securing

verb

1. 1

   To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.

2. 2

   To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.

   “to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage”

3. 3

   To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.

   “to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship”

4. 4

   To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.

   “to secure an estate”

5. 5

   To plight or pledge.