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Webster 1913 Edition

Reassure

Reˊas-sure′

(rēˊȧ-shṳr′)
,
Verb.
T.
1.
To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror.
They rose with fear, . . .
Till dauntless Pallas
reassured
the rest.
Dryden.
2.
To reinsure.

Webster 1828 Edition

Reassure

REASSURE

,
Verb.
T.
reashu're. [re and assure.]
1.
To restore courage to; to free from fear or terror.
They rose with fear, till dauntless Pallas reassur'd the rest.
2.
To insure a second time against loss, or rather to insure by another what one has already insured; to insure against loss that may be incurred by taking a risk.

Definition 2024

reassure

reassure

See also: réassuré and réassure

English

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.

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References

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

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Etymology

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

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