reassure

See also: réassuré and réassure

English

Etymology

Old French rasseürer, from re- + asseürer; as if re- +‎ assure.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /riəˈʃʊr/

Verb

reassure (third-person singular simple present reassures, present participle reassuring, simple past and past participle reassured)

  1. (transitive) To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt.
    The boy's mother reassured him that there was no monster hiding under the bed.
  2. (transitive) To reinsure.

Translations

References

  • reassure in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • reassure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

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