reassert

verb

re·​as·​sert (ˌ)rē-ə-ˈsərt 

-a-

reasserted; reasserting; reasserts

transitive verb

: to assert (something) again

She reasserted her authority.

Even better, they had won two of their first three games and were reasserting their status as the team to beat …

—Mike Finger

Examples of reassert in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The goal was never simply tourism revenue, but creating culturally safe employment for Ahousaht members, welcoming outsiders into the Nation’s 250,000-hectare territory, and reasserting presence on land their people were historically displaced from. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2026

Reforms will also need to involve a revival in fiscal federalism, where state governments reassert their proper constitutional role in funding public services. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2026

So in the Muslim world, the sacred historical destiny of Islam is reasserted. — Robert Stone, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

The people Greene makes films about look to reassert control over their realities and thus perhaps move forward. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1647, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing reassert

• reassert itself

Rhymes for reassert

• alert
• assert
• avert
• dessert
• divert
• evert
• exert
• inert
• insert
• invert
• nightshirt
• overt