sicker
[verb]
Synonyms: exude, bleed, ooze, screeve, seep, sew, strain, sweat, transude, weep

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sicker verb² intrans. ['sɪkǝ] rare. Long dial.
[Old English sicerian = Low German sīkeren, German sickern (dial. sikern).]
Of water: trickle; leak.

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sicker adjective & adverb. ['sɪkǝ] Now Scot. & north.
[Old English sicor = Old Frisian, Old Saxon sikor (Middle Dutch seker, Dutch zeker), Old High German sihhur (German sicher), from early West Germanic, from late form of Latin securus SECURE adjective.]
A. adjective.
I.
1. Free from danger or harm; secure, safe. OE.

2. Dependable, reliable; trustworthy. OE.

3. Firmly grounded or supported; solid, unshakable. ME.
■ R. Burns Setting my staff wi' a' my skill, To keep me sicker.
b. Securely fastened or held. LME.
c. Prudent or cautious, esp. in financial matters; wary. M17.

4. Effective, telling; (of a blow) severe; transf. harsh, rigorous. ME.

5. Indubitable; absolutely certain. LME.
■ Sir W. Scott 'Do you leave such a matter to doubt?' said Kirkpatrick, 'I will make sicker'.

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sicker(1)
II.

6. Confident or certain of some object or prospect. Usu. foll. by of. Now rare or obsolete. ME.

7. Confident of a fact or assertion; assured, convinced. Usu. foll. by of, in, on, that, etc. ME.
b. adverb.
1. In safety, safely. Only in ME.

2. Without doubt; confidently; assuredly; as a certainty or fact. ME.

3. Effectively, tellingly. ME.

4. Securely; firmly, solidly. L16.

■ sickerly adverb LOE.

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sicker verb¹. ['sɪkǝ] obsolete exc. Scot. ME.
[from the adjective.]
1. verb trans. Assure (a person) of safety. Only in ME.

2. verb trans. Make a pledge or surety to; confirm by pledge or surety. Only in ME.

3. verb trans. Assure (a person) of a fact. Only in ME.

4. verb trans. Secure; make certain of; make fast. E18.

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