Dictionary

reassert en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌɹi.əˈsɝt/ (General-American)
• /ˌɹiː.əˈsɜːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English assert English reassert From re- + assert.

Meanings

1. To assert again.
   • Gareth Bale gave his side hope with a goal shortly afterwards but the real damage was done and Chelsea reasserted their authority to finish easy winners with further goals from Ramires, Frank Lampard and Florent Malouda. 2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC:
   • They were tied to a revived religious class that took advantage of the end of anticlerical despotism to reassert Islamic views and practices and to regain some of their former sociopolitical status. 2006, Nikki R. Keddie, Yann Richard, Modern Iran: roots and results of revolution, Yale University Press, page 120:

Forms

Deriveds

reassertion

Translations (5)

gv aahickyree (to assert again) · it riconfermare (to assert again) · ro reafirma (to assert again) · es reafirmar (to assert again) · es reaseverar (to assert again)