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title="reassure – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="reassure" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/reassure" title="reassure – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="reassure" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/reassure" title="reassure – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="reassure" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/reassure" title="reassure – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="reassure" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/reassure" title="reassure – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="reassure" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/reassure" title="reassure – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="reassure" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/reassure" title="reassure – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="reassure" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/reassure" title="reassure – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="reassure" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/reassure" title="reassure – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="reassure" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/reassure" title="reassure – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="reassure" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/reassure" title="reassure – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="reassure" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/reassure" title="reassure – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="reassure" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/reassure" title="reassure – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="reassure" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a 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data-title="reassure" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/reassure" title="reassure – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="reassure" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wiktionary.org/wiki/reassure" title="reassure – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="reassure" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/reassure" title="reassure – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="reassure" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" 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id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=reassure&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/rasse%C3%BCrer#Old_French" title="rasseürer">rasseürer</a></i> (<span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" class="extiw" title="w:French language">French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/rassurer#French" title="rassurer">rassurer</a></i>), from <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/re-#Old_French" title="re-">re-</a></i> + <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/asse%C3%BCrer#Old_French" title="asseürer">asseürer</a></i>; as if <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/re-#English" title="re-">re-</a></i> +‎ <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/assure#English" title="assure">assure</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=reassure&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˌɹi.əˈʃʊə(ɹ)/</span> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_in_southern_England" class="extiw" title="w:English in southern England">Southern England</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-reassure.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-reassure.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-reassure.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-reassure.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-reassure.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-reassure.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-reassure.wav" title="File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-reassure.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English" class="extiw" title="w:General American English">General American</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˌɹi.əˈʃʊɹ/</span>, <span class="IPA">/ˌɹi.əˈʃɝ/</span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/%CA%8A%C9%99(%C9%B9)" title="Rhymes:English/ʊə(ɹ)"><span class="IPA">-ʊə(ɹ)</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=reassure&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">reassure</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/reassures#English" title="reassures">reassures</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/reassuring#English" title="reassuring">reassuring</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/reassured#English" title="reassured">reassured</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="/wiki/assure" title="assure">assure</a> <a href="/wiki/anew" title="anew">anew</a>; to <a href="/wiki/restore" title="restore">restore</a> <a href="/wiki/confidence" title="confidence">confidence</a> to; to free from <a href="/wiki/fear" title="fear">fear</a> or <a href="/wiki/self-doubt" title="self-doubt">self-doubt</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">The boy's mother <b>reassured</b> him that there was no monster hiding under the bed.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2022</b> August 13, Sarah Wu, David Kirton, Ben Blanchard, quoting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsai_Ing-wen" class="extiw" title="w:Tsai Ing-wen">Tsai Ing-wen</a>, “Taiwan thanks U.S. for maintaining security in Taiwan Strait”, in Tom Hogue, Michael Perry, William Mallard, editors, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuters" class="extiw" title="w:Reuters">Reuters</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220813154407/https://www.reuters.com/world/taiwans-foreign-ministry-thanks-us-maintaining-security-taiwan-strait-2022-08-13/">[1]</a></sup>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/taiwans-foreign-ministry-thanks-us-maintaining-security-taiwan-strait-2022-08-13/">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2022-08-13">13 August 2022</span>, World:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">"Taiwanese are very enthusiastic and love freedom and democracy, so many good international friends have come to Taiwan to support us. This is a normal and good thing, but China threatens and intimidates Taiwan," she said.<br />"However, I would like to <b>reassure</b> everyone that both our government and the military are prepared, and I will definitely take care of Taiwan."</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="/wiki/reinsure" title="reinsure">reinsure</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=reassure&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/reassurance#English" title="reassurance">reassurance</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=reassure&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_assure_anew;_to_restore_confidence_to;_to_free_from_fear_or_self-doubt"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Armenian: <span class="trreq" data-lang="hy"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Basque: <span class="Latn" lang="eu"><a href="/wiki/lasaitu#Basque" title="lasaitu">lasaitu</a></span></li> <li>Belarusian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%8D%D1%9E%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8C#Belarusian" title="запэўніваць">запэ́ўніваць</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">zapéŭnivacʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%8D%D1%9E%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%86%D1%8C#Belarusian" title="запэўніць">запэ́ўніць</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">zapéŭnicʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="уверявам (page does not exist)">уверявам</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC" class="extiw" title="bg:уверявам">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">uverjavam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC#Bulgarian" title="убеждавам">убеждавам</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC" class="extiw" title="bg:убеждавам">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">ubeždavam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/tranquil%C2%B7litzar#Catalan" title="tranquil·litzar">tranquil·litzar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/tranquil%C2%B7litzar" class="extiw" title="ca:tranquil·litzar">(ca)</a></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E4%BD%BF%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E5%AE%89%E5%BF%83&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="使……安心 (page does not exist)">使……安心</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">shǐ... ān xīn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E4%BD%BF%E2%80%A6%E2%80%A6%E6%81%A2%E5%A4%8D%E4%BF%A1%E5%BF%83&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="使……恢复信心 (page does not exist)">使……恢复信心</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">shǐ huī fù xìn xīn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/berolige#Danish" title="berolige">berolige</a></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/geruststellen#Dutch" title="geruststellen">geruststellen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/geruststellen" class="extiw" title="nl:geruststellen">(nl)</a></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="trreq" data-lang="eo"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/rauhoittaa#Finnish" title="rauhoittaa">rauhoittaa</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/rauhoittaa" class="extiw" title="fi:rauhoittaa">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/tyynnytell%C3%A4#Finnish" title="tyynnytellä">tyynnytellä</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/tyynnytell%C3%A4" class="extiw" title="fi:tyynnytellä">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/tranquilliser#French" title="tranquilliser">tranquilliser</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/tranquilliser" class="extiw" title="fr:tranquilliser">(fr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/rassurer#French" title="rassurer">rassurer</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/rassurer" class="extiw" title="fr:rassurer">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/tranquilizar#Galician" title="tranquilizar">tranquilizar</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/acalmar#Galician" title="acalmar">acalmar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/acalmar" class="extiw" title="gl:acalmar">(gl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/apouvigar#Galician" title="apouvigar">apouvigar</a></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="trreq" data-lang="ka"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/versichern#German" title="versichern">versichern</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/versichern" class="extiw" title="de:versichern">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/beruhigen#German" title="beruhigen">beruhigen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/beruhigen" class="extiw" title="de:beruhigen">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/zusichern#German" title="zusichern">zusichern</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/zusichern" class="extiw" title="de:zusichern">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/megnyugtat#Hungarian" title="megnyugtat">megnyugtat</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/megnyugtat" class="extiw" title="hu:megnyugtat">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/rassicurare#Italian" title="rassicurare">rassicurare</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/rassicurare" class="extiw" title="it:rassicurare">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/tranquillizzare#Italian" title="tranquillizzare">tranquillizzare</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/tranquillizzare" class="extiw" title="it:tranquillizzare">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Khmer: <span class="Khmr" lang="km"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%9E%92%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9C%E1%9E%BE%E1%9E%A2%E1%9F%84%E1%9E%99%E2%80%8B%E1%9E%98%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%93%E1%9E%80%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9A%E2%80%8B%E1%9E%91%E1%9E%BB%E1%9E%80%E1%9E%85%E1%9E%B7%E1%9E%8F%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%8A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ធ្វើអោយមានការទុកចិត្ដ (page does not exist)">ធ្វើអោយមានការទុកចិត្ដ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="km-Latn" class="tr Latn">thvəəʼaoy-miən-kaa-tukcət</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%EC%95%88%EC%8B%AC%EC%8B%9C%ED%82%A4%EB%8B%A4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="안심시키다 (page does not exist)">안심시키다</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EC%95%88%EC%8B%AC%EC%8B%9C%ED%82%A4%EB%8B%A4" class="extiw" title="ko:안심시키다">(ko)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">ansimsikida</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Kurdish: <dl><dd>Central Kurdish: <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D8%AF%DA%B5_%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="دڵ نیا (page does not exist)">دڵ نیا</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">dill nya</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Latvian: <span class="Latn" lang="lv"><a href="/wiki/dro%C5%A1in%C4%81t#Latvian" title="drošināt">drošināt</a></span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=whakat%C4%ABtina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="whakatītina (page does not exist)">whakatītina</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=whakamanawa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="whakamanawa (page does not exist)">whakamanawa</a></span></li> <li>Mongolian: <span class="trreq" data-lang="mn"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/upewnia%C4%87#Polish" title="upewniać">upewniać</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/upewni%C4%87#Polish" title="upewnić">upewnić</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/upewni%C4%87" class="extiw" title="pl:upewnić">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/tranquilizar#Portuguese" title="tranquilizar">tranquilizar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/tranquilizar" class="extiw" title="pt:tranquilizar">(pt)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/acalmar#Portuguese" title="acalmar">acalmar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/acalmar" class="extiw" title="pt:acalmar">(pt)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/reassegurar#Portuguese" title="reassegurar">reassegurar</a></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/lini%C8%99ti#Romanian" title="liniști">liniști</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/lini%C8%99ti" class="extiw" title="ro:liniști">(ro)</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="заверять">заверя́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:заверять">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">zaverjátʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="заверить">заве́рить</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:заверить">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">zavéritʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="уверять">уверя́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:уверять">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">uverjátʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="уверить">уве́рить</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:уверить">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">uvéritʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="успокаивать">успока́ивать</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:успокаивать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">uspokáivatʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="успокоить">успоко́ить</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:успокоить">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">uspokóitʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="утешать">утеша́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:утешать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">utešátʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="утешить">уте́шить</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:утешить">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">utéšitʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/w/index.php?title=obodriti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="obodriti (page does not exist)">obodriti</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/obodriti" class="extiw" title="sh:obodriti">(sh)</a></span></li> <li>Slovak: <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ubezpe%C4%8Di%C5%A5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ubezpečiť (page does not exist)">ubezpečiť</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ubezpe%C4%8Dova%C5%A5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ubezpečovať (page does not exist)">ubezpečovať</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/tranquilizar#Spanish" title="tranquilizar">tranquilizar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/tranquilizar" class="extiw" title="es:tranquilizar">(es)</a></span></li> <li>Thai: <span class="trreq" data-lang="th"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%80%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B8#Ukrainian" title="завіряти">завіря́ти</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://uk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%80%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B8" class="extiw" title="uk:завіряти">(uk)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">zavirjáty</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8#Ukrainian" title="заспокоювати">заспоко́ювати</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">zaspokójuvaty</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8#Ukrainian" title="заспокоювати">заспоко́ювати</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">zaspokójuvaty</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Vietnamese: <span class="Latn" lang="vi"><a href="/wiki/tr%E1%BA%A5n_an#Vietnamese" title="trấn an">trấn an</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/tr%E1%BA%A5n_an" class="extiw" title="vi:trấn an">(vi)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_reinsure"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to reinsure</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to reinsure"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="презастраховам (page does not exist)">презастраховам</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">prezastrahovam</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/vakuuttaa#Finnish" title="vakuuttaa">vakuuttaa</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/vakuuttaa" class="extiw" title="fi:vakuuttaa">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/r%C3%A9assurer#French" title="réassurer">réassurer</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/r%C3%A9assurer" class="extiw" title="fr:réassurer">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=viszontbiztos%C3%ADt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="viszontbiztosít (page does not exist)">viszontbiztosít</a></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/asigura#Romanian" title="asigura">asigura</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/asigura" class="extiw" title="ro:asigura">(ro)</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="перестраховывать (page does not exist)">перестрахо́вывать</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:перестраховывать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="imperfective aspect">impf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">perestraxóvyvatʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="перестраховать (page does not exist)">перестрахова́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:перестраховать">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">perestraxovátʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Slovak: <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=znovupoisti%C5%A5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="znovupoistiť (page does not exist)">znovupoistiť</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/reasegurar#Spanish" title="reasegurar">reasegurar</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=reassure&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dwight_Whitney" class="extiw" title="w:William Dwight Whitney">William Dwight Whitney</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Eli_Smith" class="extiw" title="w:Benjamin Eli Smith">Benjamin E[li] Smith</a>, editors (<span class="None" lang="und">1911</span>), “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://server-66-113-234-189.da.direct/century-dictionary.com/html/wnph-chw.php?query=reassure&type=dicts">reassure</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Century Dictionary">The Century Dictionary<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="and Cyclopedia: With a New Atlas of the World; a Work of General Reference in All Departments of Knowledge in Twelve Volumes">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_Company" class="extiw" title="w:The Century Company">The Century Co.</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/867766587">→OCLC</a></small>.</span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.websters1913.com/words/Reassure">reassure</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Dictionary#Webster's_New_International_Dictionary_1909" class="extiw" title="w:Webster's Dictionary">Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary</a></cite>, Springfield, Mass.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merriam-Webster" class="extiw" title="w:Merriam-Webster">G. & C. Merriam</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">1913</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/800618302">→OCLC</a></small>.</span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=reassure&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/erasures#English" title="erasures">erasures</a></span></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://auth.wikimedia.org/loginwiki/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" 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