secure (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Free from careII. SafeIII. Certain to be obtained • secure (adj.): I. Free from care: sēcūrus: v. careless, unconcerned. II. Safe: tūtus, (later) sēcūrus: v. safe. III. Certain to be obtained: tūtus: a s. reward, t. merces, Hor. Od. 3, 2, 25: so, tutum diadema, ib. 2, 2, 21.