reassure
[ree-uh-shoo r, -shur]
- to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- to assure again.
- to reinsure.
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Origin of reassure
Synonyms
See more synonyms for reassure on Thesaurus.com1. encourage, hearten, comfort, inspirit.
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Contemporary Examples
But political parties officials continue to reassure the country that the campaigns will not endanger anyone.
As I hasten to reassure these exasperated moms and dads, I had to be in the office anyway.
He miraculously survived, and his first impulse was to reassure his horrified aunt that he was OK.
These reforms were mostly designed to reassure Sunnis and Kurds that Maliki would not become an autocrat.
Mid-level State Department officials have visited to reassure the government that the U.S. government stands beside them.
Historical Examples
She said this calmly and quietly, as though to impress her informant and reassure him.
DustMr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
Next day brought a note from the detective which went far to reassure her.
Jennie Baxter, JournalistRobert Barr
The two women thought she was going mad and tried to reassure her.
A Comedy of Marriage and Other TalesGuy De Maupassant
One careless sniff had satisfied his mate, and she trotted on to reassure him.
White FangJack London
Happily the doctor in his youth had been in the East and was able to reassure her.
Jan and Her JobL. Allen Harker
reassure
- to relieve (someone) of anxieties; restore confidence to
- another term for reinsure
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Word Origin and History for reassure
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