2. Specifically, to secure against a loss by a contingent event, on
certain stipulated conditions, or at a given rate or premium; to give
or to take an insurance on or for; as, a merchant insures his ship or
its cargo, or both, against the dangers of the sea; goods and buildings
are insured against fire or water; persons are insured against
sickness, accident, or death; and sometimes hazardous debts are
insured.
In*sure", v. i. To underwrite; to make insurance; as, a company insures
at three per cent.
In*sur"er (?), n. One who, or that which, insures; the person or
company that contracts to indemnify losses for a premium; an
underwriter.
{ In*sur"gence (?), In*sur"gen*cy (?), } n. A state of insurrection; an
uprising; an insurrection.
A moral insurgence in the minds of grave men against the Court of
Rome.
G. Eliot.
In*sur"gent (?), a. [L. insurgens, p. pr. of insurgere to rise up;
pref. in- in + surgere to rise. See Surge.] Rising in opposition to
civil or political authority, or against an established government;
insubordinate; rebellious. "The insurgent provinces." Motley.
In*sur"gent, n. [Cf. F. insurgent.] A person who rises in revolt
against civil authority or an established government; one who openly
and actively resists the execution of laws; a rebel.
Syn. -- See Rebel.
In`sur*mount`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being
insurmountable.
In`sur*mount"a*ble (?), a. [Pref. in- not + surmountable: cf. F.
insurmountable.] Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or
overcome; insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle.
Locke.
Hope thinks nothing difficult; despair tells us that difficulty is
insurmountable.