REASSERT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reassert mean? 

• REASSERT (verb)
  The verb REASSERT has 1 sense:

1. strengthen or make more firm

  Familiarity information: REASSERT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REASSERT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reassert    ... he / she / it reasserts   
Past simple: reasserted   
Past participle: reasserted   
-ing form: reasserting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Strengthen or make more firm

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

confirm; reassert

Context example:

The witnesses confirmed the victim's account

Hypernyms (to "reassert" is one way to...):

affirm (say yes to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reassert"):

maintain; uphold (support against an opponent)

verify (attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition))

corroborate; validate (give evidence for)

reconfirm (confirm again)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sentence example:

They reassert that there was a traffic accident

Derivation:

reassertion (renewed affirmation)