Synonyms for re-assert


Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-surt
Phonetic Transcription : əˈsɜrt

Top 10 synonyms for re-assert Other synonyms for the word re-assert

Définition of re-assert

Origin :
  • also also reassert, 1660s, from re- + assert. Related: Reasserted; reasserting; reassertion.
  • As in declare : verb make known clearly or officially
Example sentences :
  • The things of the mind on which all nations have co-operated in the past will re-assert their sway.
  • Extract from : « Progress and History » by Various
  • On p. 155 the word "reassert" has been changed from "re-assert" to match the spelling elsewhere in the book.
  • Extract from : « Problems of the Pacific » by Frank Fox
  • I am glad here to re-assert opinions which it has grieved me to be suspected of having changed.
  • Extract from : « The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) » by John Ruskin
  • But the principle for which we contended is bound to re-assert itself, though it may be at another time and in another form.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Jefferson Davis » by Frank H. Alfriend
  • For this abandonment of any attempt to re-assert the royal authority he has been generally blamed.
  • Extract from : « History of Holland » by George Edmundson
  • Then, by a great effort, he seemed to re-assert control over himself.
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Bindle » by Hebert Jenkins
  • For Bbur to re-assert that supremacy by assuming the Khqns style was highly opportune at this moment.
  • Extract from : « The Bbur-nma in English » by Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
  • But as the Egyptian church had lost its great champion, the emperor ventured to re-assert his authority.
  • Extract from : « History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 11 (of 12) » by S. Rappoport
  • Let mankind be thrown back a hundred times, and a hundred times the better tendencies of evolution will re-assert themselves.
  • Extract from : « The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 » by Various
  • But if once more he began to interfere with Lysbeth van Goorl and her relatives, might it not re-assert its power?
  • Extract from : « Lysbeth » by H. Rider Haggard

Antonyms for re-assert

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