reassert

/ (ˌriːəˈsɜːt) /


verb(tr)
  1. to assert (rights, claims, etc) again: he reasserted his belief

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How to use reassert in a sentence

  • Talleyrand was heartily sick of his inactivity, and eagerly seized the opportunity to reassert his importance.

    The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane
  • The new government was to show that she was able and ready to reassert her right to exercise an influence in Europe.

  • Then the next moment the moon would reassert herself, and her rays would light up the rivers and fill the mists with diamonds.

    Katharine Frensham | Beatrice Harraden
  • The days of a more vivid and ardent sentimentality seemed to reassert themselves.

    Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo | E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Now that his powerful constitution had the chance to reassert itself, his revival went quickly.

    Somehow Good | William de Morgan