Reassessed

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Considered or evaluated once more to form a new judgment or conclusion
2. Reviewed or examined again to possibly change or confirm a previous assessment
3. Reevaluated with fresh analysis or reflection to update or revise an earlier opinion

Etymology: "Reassessed" is the past tense and past participle of "reassess," a verb built by attaching the prefix "re-" (again, anew) to "assess." The base word traces back through Middle English "assessen," borrowed from Old French "assesser," which came from Medieval Latin "assessare," a frequentative-style derivative of Latin "assessus," the past participle of "assideo," "to sit beside." The sense of sitting beside someone gave way to the idea of sitting beside a judge as an adviser, and from there to fixing a tax or fine. The prefix does the rest of the work. English took "re-" from Latin, where it already meant "back" or "again," and attached it to "assess" to produce "reassess," meaning to examine or value something a second time. The structure is transparent: the verb simply repeats the act of assessing, so the word needs no separate history of its own.

Synonyms: reevaluated, reappraised, reconsidered, reexamined, revised