A more thorough explanation:

Assecurare

Assecurare is a historical Latin term that means to make something secure by providing pledges.

• When a person takes out a loan, they may be required to assecurare the loan by providing collateral, such as their car or house.
• In ancient Rome, merchants would assecurare their goods by hiring guards to protect them during transport.

These examples illustrate how assecurare was used to make something secure by providing a pledge or guarantee. In the first example, the borrower pledges collateral to secure the loan. In the second example, the merchant hires guards to guarantee the safety of their goods during transport.