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单词 reassert
释义

reassertv.

Brit. /ˌriːəˈsəːt/, U.S. /ˌriəˈsərt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, assert v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + assert v. Compare slightly earlier reassertion n.
1.
a. transitive. To assert, insist on, or bring to the fore again.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (transitive)]
doublec1380
naitc1400
reportc1405
repeat1427
renewa1464
iterate1533
resume1535
to run over ——1538
redouble1580
to go over ——1583
re-say1583
reclaim1590
ingeminate1594
reword1604
reassume1631
reutter1632
oversay1639
to fetch over1642
reassert1647
the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (transitive)] > again or anew
reaffirm1624
reassert1647
society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > claim > again
reassert1726
1647 W. Prynne Sword Christian Magistracy Ep. Ded. sig. b1 A plain recantation of that which he re-asserted by its printing, and re-confirmed in his Epistle and Reply thereto annexed.
a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) vii. 175 We might re-assert our former Argument for the Divinity of the Holy Ghost.
1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. 147 With equal fury, and with equal fame, Shall great Ulysses re-assert his claim.
1771 J. Horne in ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lvi. 246 You replied with abuse, and re-asserted your charge.
1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi II. v. v. 261 I re-asserted each right, and proved it.
1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xxii. 368 They had an opportunity of reasserting their independence.
1961 G. F. Kennan Russia & West v. 72 Moscow began at the end of May to try to reassert its authority in Murmansk.
1990 B. Bettelheim Recoll. & Refl. i. 7 To counteract the military defeat of 1866, the government went to great lengths to reassert Vienna's cultural and economic importance.
b. transitive. to reassert itself: to come to the fore or manifest itself again.
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1840 J. S. Mill in London & Westm. Rev. 33 272 The natural tendency..reasserted itself.
1854 C. Kingsley Alexandria Pref. 10 These laws will..reassert themselves.
1929 M. Redgrave in Granta 7 June To his horror he perceived..that his old trick was reasserting itself.
1958 Listener 29 Nov. 826/1 In spite of the imposed colonial grid, the landscaping tradition of the old country reasserts itself successfully.
2000 Independent 17 Apr. (Monday Review section) 3/3 Today is Labour's black Monday when grey power reasserts itself as older and wiser heads realise that long-term savings based on real profits in the real economy should be nurtured and encouraged.
2. transitive. To reassign (a person) to a condition. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > bring (a person or thing) into a state or condition > bring back to or into a state
reversec1350
reassert1692
1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 552 Gross Ingratitude in the person so made Free, forfeits his Freedom, and Re-asserts him to his former Condition of Slavery.
3. transitive. To reclaim, take back. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > possession > taking > take [verb (transitive)] > take again or back > take back
resume1404
to take again1474
revoke1526
reclaim1530
to fetch again1535
to take back1568
reducec1595
reassume1609
revicta1656
reassert1704
pull1985
1704 W. Shippen Faction Display'd 2 'Tis She,..That would Usurpers for their Treason Crown, Till Time and Vengeance drag them headlong down, And Exil'd Monarchs Reassert their rightful Throne.
1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 52 To warn the wretch, that young Orestes grown To manly years shou'd re-assert the throne.

Derivatives

reaˈsserting n.
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1697 C. Leslie Snake in Grass (ed. 2) 233 A fair occasion..towards the Re-asserting of the Good Old Cause.
1767 G. Lyttelton Hist. Henry II II. 319 All have been brought into a more perfect and a more regular state of freedom, by the re-asserting of ancient rights.
1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens I. ii. i. 315 It was forbidden, upon pain of death, to propose reasserting the Athenian claims.
1962 M. I. Seidin William Butler Yeats i. v. 133 A fiction..for the reasserting of intuition against logic, poetry against science, and religious belief against atheism.
2000 D. Bryan Orange Parades x. 161 The more widespread reaction of Orangemen to the recent events within Northern Ireland has been a reasserting of ‘tradition’.
reaˈssertor n. rare a person who asserts something again.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun] > renewed or repeated > one who asserts again
reassertor1859
reinforcer1873
reaffirmer1892
1859 S. Smiles Self-help iii. 48 A recent reassertor of the power of perseverance.
1905 G. K. Chesterton Heretics 169 My objection to Mr Lowes Dickinson and the reassertors of the pagan ideal is, then, this.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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