reemphasize

English

Alternative forms

• reemphasise (UK)
• re-emphasise (UK)
• re-emphasize
• reëmphasize

Etymology

From re- +‎ emphasize.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɹiːˈɛmfəsʌɪz/

Verb

reemphasize (third-person singular simple present reemphasizes, present participle reemphasizing, simple past and past participle reemphasized)

1. To emphasize again; to reiterate.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 720:

     Although the New England settlers made their commonwealth much less like Old England than Virginia was intended to be, it is important to re-emphasize that the vast majority were not separatists but Puritans.