reassure

Verb
Synonyms: assure

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. cause to feel sure; give reassurance to“The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe”Synonyms: assure
  2. give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain“I reassured him that we were safe”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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