reassert

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• Reassert — Re as*sert (r[=e] [a^]s*s[ e]rt ), v. t. To assert again or anew; to maintain after an omission to do so. [1913 Webster] Let us hope . . . we may have a body of authors who will reassert our claim to respectability in literature. Walsh. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• reassert — index avouch (avow), plead (allege in a legal action), reaffirm, reiterate, repeat (state again) Burton s Legal Thesaurus …   Law dictionary

• reassert — (v.) 1660s, from RE (Cf. re ) + ASSERT (Cf. assert). Related: Reasserted; reasserting; reassertion …   Etymology dictionary

• reassert — ► VERB ▪ assert again. DERIVATIVES reassertion noun …   English terms dictionary

• reassert — [spelling only] …   English World dictionary

• reassert — re|as|sert [ˌri:əˈsə:t US ˈsə:rt] v [T] 1.) reassert your authority/power/control to do or say something to make your position stronger after a period when it seemed weak ▪ The Prime Minister aimed to reassert his authority. 2.) to state a fact… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• reassert — [[t]ri͟ːəsɜ͟ː(r)t[/t]] reasserts, reasserting, reasserted 1) VERB If you reassert your control or authority, you make it clear that you are still in a position of power, or you strengthen the power that you had. [V n] ...the government s… …   English dictionary

• reassert — verb assert again 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 …   Wiktionary

• reassert — verb Reassert is used with these nouns as the object: ↑control …   Collocations dictionary

• reassert itself — to start to have an effect again after a period of not having an effect Traditional values have reasserted themselves. An earlier pattern may reassert itself. • • • Main Entry: ↑reassert …   Useful english dictionary

• reassert — v.t. * * * …   Universalium