reassure

Reassure is defined as to give someone confidence.

(verb)

An example of reassure is to tell a child that the shot at the doctor's will be OK.

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See reassure in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb reassured, reassuring

  1. to assure again or anew
  2. to restore to confidence
  3. Brit. reinsure

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See reassure in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb re·as·sured, re·as·sur·ing, re·as·sures
  1. To restore confidence to.
  2. To assure again.
  3. To reinsure.

Related Forms:

  • reˌas·surˈance noun
  • reˌas·surˈing·ly adverb

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