secure (v.) Copy link Outline I. To make safe, put out of danger1. mūnio, 4 (lit. to fortify)2. firmo, confirmo, 1 (to strengthen)3. expr. by circuml. with tūtus, tūtior, (this he did) to s. himself from conspirators, *quo tutior ab insidiantibus fieretII. To apprehend • secure (v.): I. To make safe, put out of danger: 1. mūnio, 4 (lit. to fortify): to s. (a place) by guards, (locum) praesidiis m., Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 8: to s. one's power (from plots, etc.), imperium m., Nep. Reg. 2: to s. oneself against fraud, muniri contra fraudes, Plin. 37, 13, 76. Also, praemūnio, 4 (to s. oneself beforehand); to s. oneself by antidotes from fear of poison, metu venenorum praemuniri medicamentis, Suet. Cal. 29. 2. firmo, confirmo, 1 (to strengthen): freq. as milit. term: to s. a place by strong fortifications, locum magnis munitionibus firmare, Caes. B. G. 6, 29: v. to strengthen. 3. expr. by circuml. with tūtus, tūtior, (this he did) to s. himself from conspirators, *quo tutior ab insidiantibus fieret: I must endeavour to s. my friend's interest, amici res est videndum ut in tuto collocetur, Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 11: v. safe. II. To apprehend: comprehendo, 3: v. to seize, arrest.