Reassure

English

Verb

Reassure (third-person singular simple present Reassures, present participle reassuring, simple past and past participle reassured)

1. (transitive) To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror.
2. (transitive) To reinsure.

Thesaurus

afford hope, ascertain, assure, augur well, bear up, bid fair, bolster, brace, brace up, buck up, buoy up, certify, cheer, cinch, clear up, clinch, comfort, condole with, console, decide, determine, dismiss all doubt, ease, embolden, encourage, ensure, establish, find out, fix, get at, give comfort, give hope, have good prospects, hearten, hold out hope, hold out promise, inspire, inspire hope, inspirit, insure, justify hope, make certain, make fair promise, make no doubt, make no mistake, make sure, make sure of, nail down, nerve, promise, put at ease, raise expectations, raise hope, relieve, remove all doubt, see that, see to it, set at ease, set at rest, settle, solace, sort out, support, sympathize with, uplift

Etymology

Old French rasseürer, from re- + asseürer; as if re- +‎ assure.

Translations

To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror

Finnish: rauhoittaa, tyynnytellä French: tranquilliser (fr), rassurer (fr) Italian: rassicurare (it), tranquillizzare (it)

Kurdish: دڵ نیا Portuguese: tranquilizar (pt) Spanish: tranquilizar (es)

To reinsure

Finnish: vakuuttaa (fi)

French: réassurer (fr)

Related terms

• reassurance

References

• Reassure in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Reassure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• erasures