securing

verb

1. To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
2. To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.“to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage”
3. To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.“to secure a prisoner; to secure a door, or the hatches of a ship”
4. To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.“to secure an estate”