Reassure
[riːə'ʃʊə] or [,riə'ʃʊr]
Definition
(verb.) give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain; 'I reassured him that we were safe'.
(verb.) cause to feel sure; give reassurance to; 'The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe'.
Inputed by Inez--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror.
(v. t.) To reinsure.
Typed by Clarissa
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Hearten, enhearten, encourage, assure again, restore courage to.[2]. (Law.) Reinsure.
Editor: Sidney
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Rally, restore, encourage, inspirit, animate, countenance
ANT:Discourage, cow, brow-bent, intimidate, discountenance
Inputed by Jeanine
Definition
v.t. to assure anew: to give confidence to: to confirm: to insure an insurer.—ns. Reassur′ance repeated assurance: a second assurance against loss; Reassur′er.—adj. Reassur′ing.—adv. Reassur′ingly.
Checker: Stella
Examples
- I remarked, to reassure her. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I thought it better to follow, in order to reassure him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I did my best to reassure her. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Here is a state of affairs where the duty of every clever person is evidently to help adjust and reassure. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- What could I do to reassure my darling (I considered then) and show her that I had no such feelings? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- However,' said Mr. Pickwick, endeavouring to reassure himself, 'I must do the best I can. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She trembled, and was excessively agitated; getting behind Rachael, when Rachael tried to reassure her; and not seeming to know what she was about. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I reassured him on this point, and, as well as I could, I showed him the mere outline of my experience. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Reassured by her mistress' confident tone, Eliza proceeded nimbly and adroitly with her toilet, laughing at her own fears, as she proceeded. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Somewhat reassured, Emmeline settled herself back on her pillow. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He appeared somewhat reassured, on beholding her in the same listless attitude from which he had first roused her. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Quite--quite, he reassured her. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The silence of the deserted street reassured him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr. Smallweed, reassured, falls to rubbing his legs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mrs Lammle was proceeding with every reassuring wile, when the head of that young lady suddenly went back against the wall again and her eyes closed. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She was thinking all the time of the perfect comforting, reassuring thing to say to him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- One would have supposed that it was I who was in danger, not he, and that he was reassuring me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It's a reassuring noise. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Wall Street, the next day, had more reassuring reports of Beaufort's situation. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He said, in what he meant for a reassuring tone, as they turned down a narrow road, 'And this is Pod's End; is it, Jupe? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- As soon as Caliphronas finished, the man went off up the staircase, and the Count turned round to his companions with a reassuring smile. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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