1.
[syn: reassure, assure]
2. give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain;
- Example: "I reassured him that we were safe"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Reassure \Re`as*sure"\ (r[=e]`[.a]*sh[udd]r"), v. t.
1. To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from
fear or terror.
[1913 Webster]
They rose with fear, . . .
Till dauntless Pallas reassured the rest. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
2. To reinsure.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
reassure
v 1: cause to feel sure; give reassurance to; "The airline tried
to reassure the customers that the planes were safe" [syn:
reassure, assure] [ant: vex, worry]
2: give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain;
"I reassured him that we were safe"