Reassure \Re`as*sure"\ (r[=e]`[.a]*sh[udd]r"), v. t. 1. To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror.
They rose with fear, . . . Till dauntless Pallas reassured the rest. --Dryden.
2. To reinsure.
Ferguson sought to reassure investors and customers after the double-dose of negative news by issuing a statement promising, "Our business and that of our constituent institutions is sound.
Even more important, the Democrats, especially a newcomer like Gov. Dukakis, need to reassure voters about their resolve on foreign policy.
The most common theory is that the Fed both wants to be seen intervening and would like a lower dollar before the G-7 meeting in order to reassure its partners in the group that the dollar is manageable and intervention coordination is effective.
Administration officials sought to reassure friends of Israel on Capitol Hill Thursday as a senator introduced a resolution to disallow most of a $7.5 billion package of new weapons for Saudi Arabia.
NO ONE EVER died from hard work, we reassure ourselves in those Western countries which have adopted the Protestant work ethic.
The funding would be in the form of loans to help the group lease aircraft in difficult new markets and the return to GPA of some pre-delivery payments for aircraft it had ordered. The tentative agreement with Boeing should help reassure investors.
And he (Reagan) will say all the right things next week (to reassure them)." Reagan already has taken some of the steam out of the drive for a treaty to cut U.S. and Soviet strategic nuclear weapons by 50 percent.
As part of its effort to reassure Jordan, the government has requested officials to avoid alarming statements, such as claims by right-wing politicians that a Palestinian state should be created in Jordan, the government official said.
But the rotting Oregon strawberries attest to the failure of the INS to reassure employers about this part of the law.
Officials fear that moving up Deputy Secretary McPherson wouldn't reassure the jittery financial markets.
The barge will remain "operational" for the time being, in part to reassure Arab allies in the region the United States is not withdrawing its forces precipitously, the sources said.
It came at a time when Kenya is trying to reassure visitors of the safety of its parks.
To reassure foreign buyers, some farm state congressmen are studying legislation that would require testing of all exported corn.
But the company has been concerned enough to reassure powerful talent agencies such as Creative Artists Agency and International Creative Management that Ms. Steel is firmly in place.
Mr. Danforth's support will help reassure many moderate Senate Democrats and Republicans, much as New Hampshire GOP Sen. Warren Rudman's sponsorship of David Souter did after President Bush nominated him last July.
'They could use it to reassure activists that Labour was an avowedly socialist party in the full knowledge that no one expected them to implement it.
Some firms are hoping to reassure stockholders, while others are following the crowd.
Mr Major, a former chancellor, cannot claim to have believed the Bundesbank would be anything but inflexible about its domestic anti-inflation strategy. Mr Major's present stance will help reassure the Euro-sceptics.
But teachers also must reassure students who don't understand the threats of chemical war, or those whose parents are among the 165,000 U.S. military personnel in the region.
"I want to reassure the community of travel agents and the flying public that Eastern is flying, that it is flying safely and reliably, and with an unparalleled level of service and enthusiasm," he said.
The Bank Board, meanwhile, is searching for ways to reassure the Wall Street lenders without tying its hands by promising not to take action against Financial Corp., industry officials said.
They have to reassure those audiences that nuclear power can be safe and cheap.
The new regulations require that this information be released in a month, but Mr. Fischer said they ought to be announced sooner to reassure the software market.
Mr Albert Reynolds, the Irish prime minister, also sought to reassure unionist politicians that fears about Dublin's intentions were groundless. But Mr Molyneaux said the Major-Reynolds initiative was doomed.
Recent moves to provide a more effective watchdog through the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) have failed to reassure critics.
Some analysts said that a military sale to Iraq would allow France to reassure Baghdad that it isn't tilting toward Iran.
I showed him my driver's license to reassure him I wasn't the drug dealer on Jeff's trail.
To reassure callers, Ramseier said he urged residents to avoid strangers, report suspicious vehicles in the neighborhood and keep a close eye on children.
And he must reassure the space agency, rattled by the recent departure of 34 top managers and hounded by the ghosts of Challenger, that it's up to the task.
"Kim Dae Jung must move quickly to reassure the military, the Korean Central Intelligence Agency and businessmen that he will ensure policy continuity and not attack their interests," says an administration official.