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re·assert
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Princeton's WordNet
confirm, reassertverb
strengthen or make more firm
"The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"
Wiktionary
reassertverb
assert again
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Reassertverb
To assert anew; to maintain after suspension or cessation.
Etymology: re and assert.
His steps I followed, his doctrine I reasserted. Francis Atterbury.
Young Orestes grown
To manly years should reassert the throne. Alexander Pope.
ChatGPT
reassert
To reassert is to state or affirm something again firmly or with renewed conviction, particularly when it's being challenged or in doubt. It often involves restating something to strengthen its truth or validity.
Webster Dictionary
Reassertverb
to assert again or anew; to maintain after an omission to do so
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Reassert
rē-as-sert′, v.t. to assert again.—n. Reasser′tion.
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asserter
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of reassert in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of reassert in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of reassert in a Sentence
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie:
We need a forward-looking foreign policy that talks about how to reassert American authority and influence around the world.
There has been a trend in recent years to invest more in the workplace, to make it somewhere where staff would want to spend time. It will be quite a revolution if that trend doesn’t eventually reassert itself, however, we are certainly going to see a more hybrid workforce with working from home an option for at least some of their staff.
The state is awkwardly trying to reassert its primacy, but generations now of Pakistanis have been raised with the belief that their version of religion trumps everything else, the blasphemy law is almost incidental to the larger trend of a radicalized society that has slipped out of the control of a weak state.
The earthquake has rattled the parties, and also shown how a good constitution needs to be part of the reconstruction process, but it should not be a chance for the ruling classes to reassert their power and forget those who are marginalized. I do not want another conflict in the future.
Eisenhower was viewed by Taft and his colleagues as much too moderate, his European focus was deemed by that conservative wing of the party as much too similar to the liberal Democrats. If this was going to be a moment for conservatism to reassert itself not only against liberalism but also against the moderates in the Republican Party, China provided an ideal plank.
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