Reasserting

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Expressing a point once more to reinforce its importance
2. Reaffirming an idea or opinion to make it clear and strong
3. Declaring something again firmly to stress its validity

Etymology: "Reasserting" is the present participle of "reassert," so it describes the act of asserting something again. The base word "assert" comes from Latin "asserere," meaning "to join to oneself" or "to claim," built from "ad-" ("to") and "serere" ("to join"). Its sense of declaring something firmly came through Old French and into English, where it took on the meaning of stating a position with confidence. The "re-" prefix, borrowed from Latin "re-" meaning "again" or "back," was attached to "assert" in English, creating "reassert" to mean to assert once more. The prefix itself is an old and productive one: the same Latin element gives English words like "return," "review," and "restore." Adding it to a verb like "assert" simply signals that a claim is being restated after it was challenged, doubted, or allowed to lapse.

Synonyms: reaffirming, reiterating