transitive verb
-·sured′, -·sur′ing- to assure again; repeat a confident declaration or promise
- to restore the confidence of
- Brit. reinsure
Allie's mom reassured her as she received a vaccination from the nurse.
Reassure is defined as to give someone confidence.
An example of reassure is to tell a child that the shot at the doctor's will be OK.
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reassure
transitive verb
-·sured′, -·sur′ing- to assure again; repeat a confident declaration or promise
- to restore the confidence of
- Brit. reinsure
transitive verb
-·sured′, -·sur′ing- to assure again; repeat a confident declaration or promise
- to restore the confidence of
- Brit. reinsure
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reassure
transitive verb
re·as·sured, re·as·sur·ing, re·as·sures- To restore confidence to: I felt reassured that I was up to the job.
- To assure again: We reassured him that the project was on schedule.
- To reinsure.
Related Forms:
- re′as·sur′ance
noun
- re′as·sur′ing·ly
adverb
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present reassures, present participle reassuring, simple past and past participle reassured)
Anagrams
Origin
Old French rasseürer, from re- + asseürer; as if re- +"Ž assure.
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Sentence Examples
- She leaned back on the couch instead, trying to reassure him with a weak smile.
- "Oh no!" said Iogel, hastening to reassure him.
- Yet, no matter how many times she tried to reassure herself of that, she remained concerned.
- Measures, apparently successful, were taken to reassure the negus, but shortly afterwards protection inopportunely accorded by Italy to enemies of Ras Alula, induced the Abyssinians to enter upon hostilities.
- "However, there will hardly be an engagement today," said Bagration as if to reassure Prince Andrew.
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