Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To restore confidence to.
- transitive verb To assure again.
- transitive verb To reinsure.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To assure or establish anew; make sure again; confirm.
- To give renewed assurance to; free from doubt or apprehension; restore to confidence.
- Same as
reinsure .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror.
- transitive verb To reinsure.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
assure anew ; torestore confidence to; to free fromfear orterror . - verb transitive To
reinsure .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain
- verb cause to feel sure; give reassurance to
Etymologies
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Examples
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Let me thank you very much, and again reassure you that I will do my best to further the interests of this Empire Club.
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"Predictability will at least in the short-term reassure investors and improve market sentiment," Mr. Kupchan wrote.
NYT > Home Page By ANDREW E. KRAMER 2011
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"Predictability will at least in the short-term reassure investors and improve market sentiment," Mr. Kupchan wrote.
NYT > Global Home By ANDREW E. KRAMER 2011
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Were definitely not going to use the word reassure in the way that we talk about these things, said McFaul.
WN.com - Articles related to Iran begins mass-producing missile-launching assault boats 2010
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Were definitely not going to use the word reassure in the way that we talk about these things, said McFaul.
WN.com - Articles related to Iran begins mass-producing missile-launching assault boats 2010
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We use the word reassure, but that doesn't mean we think everything is all right now.
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We use the word reassure, but that doesn't mean we think everything is all right now.
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Were definitely not going to use the word reassure in the way that we talk about these things, said McFaul.
WN.com - Articles related to Iran begins mass-producing missile-launching assault boats 2010
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We use the word reassure, but that doesn't mean we think everything is all right now.
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We use the word reassure, but that doesn't mean we think everything is all right now.
eleininger commented on the word reassure
"It triggered an unfamiliar feeling in me, like I needed to reassure her" (The Red Pyramid, p. 60).
November 5, 2012