reassure
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French rasseürer (French rassurer), from re- + asseürer; as if re- + assure.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
reassure (third-person singular simple present reassures, present participle reassuring, simple past and past participle reassured)
- (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.
- (transitive) To reinsure.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt
|
|
to reinsure
|
References[edit]
- reassure in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.
- reassure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.