Meanings
present singular third person reasserts · participle present reasserting · participle past reasserted · past reasserted
- To assert again.
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 1201 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishassert
- Englishreassert
Translations
Italian riconfermare
- riconfermareto assert again
Romanian reafirma
- reafirmato assert again
Spanish reafirmar, reaseverar
- reafirmarto assert again
- reaseverarto assert again
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with reassert
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Cite this entry
reassert. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reassert
“reassert.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reassert. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reassert,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reassert.
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