reemphasize

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UK/ɹiːˈɛmfəsʌɪz/

verb

To emphasize again; to reiterate.

RareScrabble 27

Meanings

verbreemphasize (third-person singular simple present reemphasizes, present participle reemphasizing, simple past and past participle reemphasized)

present singular third person reemphasizes · participle present reemphasizing · participle past reemphasized · past reemphasized · alternative reemphasise · alternative re-emphasise · alternative re-emphasize · alternative reëmphasize

  1. To emphasize again; to reiterate.

    Although the New England settlers made their commonwealth much less like Old England than Virginia was intended to be, it is important to re-emphasize that the vast majority were not separatists but Puritans.

    2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 720

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishemphasize
  7. Englishreemphasize

From re- + emphasize.

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APA

reemphasize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reemphasize

MLA

“reemphasize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reemphasize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reemphasize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reemphasize.

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