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reassert

verb
/ˌɹiː.əˈsɜːt/UK/ˌɹi.əˈsɝt/US

Etymology

From re- + assert.

  1. derived from assertus
  2. prefixed as reassert — “re + assert”

Definitions

  1. To assert again.

    • 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.
    • 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA