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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ree-uh-shoor, -shur |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌri əˈʃʊər, -ˈʃɜr |
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Définition of reassuring
Origin :- "restore (someone) to confidence," 1590s, from re- "back, again" + assure. Related: Reassured; reassuring.
- verb restore confidence to
- Phoebe reached up, and caught the hands in a reassuring clasp.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- His hand slid down to her arm, and gave it a little, reassuring squeeze.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- Some understandable bit of machinery would have been reassuring.
- Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
- Towards morning, Rougon bethought himself of reassuring Felicite.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- Martine made an exact inventory of the resources of the house, and it was not reassuring.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- It came from the Attison Detector, and the sound was reassuring.
- Extract from : « The Hour of Battle » by Robert Sheckley
- The feeble "swash" that answered the shake was not reassuring.
- Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- This should have been reassuring, but it did not appear to be.
- Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- But the news she received in answer to her call was reassuring.
- Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- He gave Underhill a reassuring squeeze of the shoulder and left the room.
- Extract from : « The Game of Rat and Dragon » by Cordwainer Smith
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