REASSERT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they reassert ... he / she / it reasserts

Past simple: reasserted

Past participle: reasserted

-ing form: reasserting

Meaning:

Strengthen or make more firm

Example:

The witnesses confirmed the victim's account

Synonyms:

confirm; reassert

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "reassert" is one way to...):

affirm (say yes to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reassert"):

maintain; uphold (support against an opponent)

verify (attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition))

corroborate; validate (give evidence for)

reconfirm (confirm again)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sentence example:

They reassert that there was a traffic accident

Derivation:

reassertion (renewed affirmation)