reassert
Britishverb
Explanation
When you state a fact or opinion confidently, and then say it again with equal force, you reassert it. You can also reassert forceful behavior, like when a teacher reasserts control over a rowdy classroom. You might reassert your belief that one presidential candidate is much better than another, or reassert your innocence when a question of someone stealing cookies from your grandparents' cookie jar is raised more than once. You can also reassert authority, the way a librarian does, hushing a conversation that's become too loud and boisterous again. Reassert adds the "again" prefix re- to assert, from the Latin asserere, "claim, maintain, or affirm."
Example Sentences
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping will visit North Korea next week for his first foreign trip of the year, as he attempts to reassert Beijing’s authority over Pyongyang following Kim Jong Un’s embrace of Moscow.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Will Iran reassert those demands in a counteroffer?
From Slate • May 7, 2026
But it did not take Saracens long to reassert their dominance.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
The Goldman Sachs note published Monday reasserted its belief in the inflation-hedging/ safe-haven allure of gold that Thomas thinks will gradually reassert itself.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026
But Icarus flapped his arms, desperately trying to reassert control.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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