Question

"...establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity...." Which of the following is the best meaning of "insure" as it appears in the Preamble? to take out a policy to make certain to make a claim against to eliminate

Answer 1

To "insure" is typically used in a sense to protect someone in some way or to set in place a policy that will do so. I would go with to make certain. The other options do not make that much sense, as domestic tranquility is a very good and necessary thing.

Answer 2

Answer:

To make certain  

Explanation:

The verb "insure" is an alternative spelling of "ensure" which means to guarantee or to make sure or certain that something will happen. Besides, by only looking at the context, we can also infer that "insure" refers to "guarantee" or "to make certain", because to keep domestic tranquility is one of the goals that Americans have in order to "form a more perfect Union."