Se*cure"ness, n. The condition or quality of being secure; exemption
from fear; want of vigilance; security.
Se*cur"er (?), n. One who, or that which, secures.
||Sec`u*rif"e*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., from L. securis an ax + ferre to
||bear.] (Zoöl.) The Serrifera.
Se*cu"ri*form (?), a. [L. securis an ax or hatchet + -form: cf. F.
sécuriforme.] (Nat. Hist.) Having the form of an ax or hatchet.
Se*cu"ri*palp (?), n. [L. securis ax, hatchet + E. palp.] (Zoöl.) One
of a family of beetles having the maxillary palpi terminating in a
hatchet- shaped joint.
Se*cu"ri*ty (?), n.; pl. Securities (#). [L. securitas: cf. F.
sécurité. See Secure, and cf. Surety.] 1. The condition or quality of
being secure; secureness. Specifically: (a) Freedom from apprehension,
anxiety, or care; confidence of power or safety; hence, assurance;
certainty.
His trembling hand had lost the ease, Which marks security to
please.
Sir W. Scott.
(b) Hence, carelessness; negligence; heedlessness.
He means, my lord, that we are too remiss, Whilst Bolingbroke,
through our security, Grows strong and great in substance and in
power.
Shak.
(c) Freedom from risk; safety.
Give up yourself merely to chance and hazard, From firm security.
Shak.
Some . . . alleged that we should have no security for our trade.
Swift.
2. That which secures or makes safe; protection; guard; defense.
Specifically: (a) Something given, deposited, or pledged, to make
certain the fulfillment of an obligation, the performance of a
contract, the payment of a debt, or the like; surety; pledge.
Those who lent him money lent it on no security but his bare word.
Macaulay.
(b) One who becomes surety for another, or engages himself for the
performance of another's obligation.
3. An evidence of debt or of property, as a bond, a certificate of
stock, etc.; as, government securities.
Syn. -- Protection; defense; guard; shelter; safety; certainty; ease;
assurance; carelessness; confidence; surety; pledge; bail.
Se*dan" (?), n. [Said to be named from Sedan, in France, where it was
first made, and whence it was introduced into England in the time of
King Charles I.] A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a
single person, -- usually borne on poles by two men. Called also sedan
chair.
Se*date" (?), a. [L. sedatus, p. p. of sedare, sedatum, to allay, calm,
causative of sedere to sit. See Sit.] Undisturbed by passion or
caprice; calm; tranquil; serene; not passionate or giddy; composed;
staid; as, a sedate soul, mind, or temper.
Disputation carries away the mind from that calm and sedate temper
which is so necessary to contemplate truth.