Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reassure"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reassure \Re`as*sure"\, v. t.
1. To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from
fear or terror.
They rose with fear, . . . Till dauntless Pallas
reassured the rest. --Dryden.
2. To reinsure.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
reassure
v 1: cause to feel sure; give reassurance to [syn: {assure}]
[ant: {worry}]
2: give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or
certain: "I reassured him that we were safe"
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