reassure

[ree-uh-shoor, -shur]

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verb (used with object), re·as·sured, re·as·sur·ing.

to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
to assure again.
to reinsure.

Origin of reassure

First recorded in 1590–1600; re- + assure

Related formsre·as·sur·ance, nounre·as·sur·ed·ly

[ree-uh-shoor-id-lee, -shur-] /ˌri əˈʃʊər ɪd li, -ˈʃɜr-/, adverbre·as·sure·ment, nounre·as·sur·er, nounre·as·sur·ing·ly, adverbun·re·as·sur·ing, adjectiveun·re·as·sur·ing·ly, adverb

Synonyms for reassure

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1. encourage, hearten, comfort, inspirit.

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Related Words for reassuring

bolster, relieve, console, inspire, cheer, comfort, encourage, assure, hearten, convince, buoy, brace, inspirit, guarantee

Examples from the Web for reassuring

Contemporary Examples of reassuring

The other was to counter-attack against domestic critics while reassuring uneasy foreign leaders.
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May 28, 2014
But their technical record during the initial certification of the 787 is not reassuring.
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May 28, 2014
Hardly a reassuring forecast coming from a former casino croupier and Ponzi scheme salesman.
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May 11, 2014
He listened over and over to the tape recordings in which Heim talked to his sons in a calm and reassuring voice.
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And the Egyptian was packed with mostly journalists, filmmakers, and publicists, which was reassuring.
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January 23, 2014

Historical Examples of reassuring

Phoebe reached up, and caught the hands in a reassuring clasp.
Good Indian
B. M. Bower
His hand slid down to her arm, and gave it a little, reassuring squeeze.
Good Indian
B. M. Bower
Some understandable bit of machinery would have been reassuring.
Two Thousand Miles Below
Charles Willard Diffin
Towards morning, Rougon bethought himself of reassuring Felicite.
The Fortune of the Rougons
Emile Zola
Martine made an exact inventory of the resources of the house, and it was not reassuring.
Doctor Pascal
Emile Zola

British Dictionary definitions for reassuring

reassure

verb (tr)

to relieve (someone) of anxieties; restore confidence to
another term for reinsure

Derived Formsreassurance, nounreassurer, nounreassuringly, adverb

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Word Origin and History for reassuring

reassure

"restore (someone) to confidence," 1590s, from re- "back, again" + assure. Related: Reassured; reassuring.