re-assuring

Word Origin & History

"restore (someone) to confidence," 1590s, from re- "back, again" + assure. Related: Reassured; reassuring.

"Yes, and you liked'em; so I won't tell on you," said Tom, with a re-assuring nod.

The reflection that God knows is re-assuring only to those who know God.

Brief negatives are not re-assuring to a lover's uneasy mind.

Their present economic condition is, however, far from re-assuring.

"You are safe now," said the stranger, in a re-assuring voice.

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