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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Examples from the Web for reassuring
Contemporary Examples
The other was to counter-attack against domestic critics while reassuring uneasy foreign leaders.
But their technical record during the initial certification of the 787 is not reassuring.
Hardly a reassuring forecast coming from a former casino croupier and Ponzi scheme salesman.
He listened over and over to the tape recordings in which Heim talked to his sons in a calm and reassuring voice.
And the Egyptian was packed with mostly journalists, filmmakers, and publicists, which was reassuring.
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January 23, 2014
Historical Examples
Phoebe reached up, and caught the hands in a reassuring clasp.
Good IndianB. M. Bower
His hand slid down to her arm, and gave it a little, reassuring squeeze.
Good IndianB. M. Bower
Some understandable bit of machinery would have been reassuring.
Two Thousand Miles BelowCharles Willard Diffin
Towards morning, Rougon bethought himself of reassuring Felicite.
The Fortune of the RougonsEmile Zola
Martine made an exact inventory of the resources of the house, and it was not reassuring.
Doctor PascalEmile Zola
reassure
- to relieve (someone) of anxieties; restore confidence to
- another term for reinsure
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Word Origin and History for reassuring
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