reassure

English

Etymology

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

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 terror.
2. (transitive) To reinsure.

Translations

To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror

Finnish: rauhoittaa, tyynnytellä French: tranquilliser (fr), rassurer (fr) Italian: rassicurare (it), tranquillizzare (it)

Kurdish: دڵ نیا Portuguese: tranquilizar (pt), acalmar (pt) Spanish: tranquilizar (es)

To reinsure

Finnish: vakuuttaa (fi)

French: réassurer (fr)

Related terms

• reassurance

References

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

Anagrams

• erasures