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reassure

Today it means: To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt. Full definition →

Old French rasseürer

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Old French · derived fromrasseürer
English todayreassure

From Old French rasseürer (French rassurer), from re- + asseürer; as if re- + assure.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.