reassure
Formsreassures, reassuring, reassured
- 1To make someone feel less worried or afraid by giving them comfort or confidence.
Like a friend holding your hand when you feel scared.
The doctor reassured the nervous patient before the operation.
Parents often reassure their children when a thunderstorm gets loud.
Similarcomfort, calm, soothe, encourage, hearten
Oppositealarm, worry, unsettle, frighten
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- 2To insure something again, or to share part of an insurance risk with another company.
Like sharing a heavy bag with a friend so you do not have to carry all the weight alone.
Insurance companies sometimes reassure very large risks so no single company carries all the cost.
The firm reassured the ship's cargo with a second insurer before the long voyage.
Similarreinsure
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Origin
From Old French rasseürer (modern French rassurer), built from re- plus asseürer, as if re- plus assure.