reinsure

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verb

To insure again (extending or replacing prior insurance).

OriginEnglish insure ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbreinsure (third-person singular simple present reinsures, present participle reinsuring, simple past and past participle reinsured)

present singular third person reinsures · participle present reinsuring · participle past reinsured · past reinsured

  1. transitiveTo insure again (extending or replacing prior insurance).
  2. transitiveTo place insurance on the contract that insures something (allowing the insurer to offset risk in the same way the insuree did).

Origin

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

From re- + insure.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

surreine
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APA

reinsure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reinsure

MLA

“reinsure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reinsure. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reinsure,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reinsure.

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