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Vinony

reassert

verb

  1. stand up for again
  2. say forcefully again (actual utterance sense)
  3. claim again
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌɹiː.əˈsɜːt/ / /ˌɹi.əˈsɝt/

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English assert English reassert From re- + assert.

  1. To assert again.

    “Gareth Bale gave his side hope with a goal shortly afterwards but the real damage was done and Chelsea reasserted their authority to finish easy winners with further goals from Ramires, Frank Lampard and Florent Malouda.”

    “They were tied to a revived religious class that took advantage of the end of anticlerical despotism to reassert Islamic views and practices and to regain some of their former sociopolitical status.”