reemphasize

reemphasize

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From re- + emphasize.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹiːˈɛmfəsʌɪz/

    Verb

    reemphasize (third-person singular simple present reemphasizes, present participle reemphasizing, simple past and past participle reemphasized)

    1. To emphasize again; to reiterate.
      • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 720:
        Although the New England settlers made their commonwealth much less like Old England than Virginia was intended to be, it is important to re-emphasize that the vast majority were not separatists but Puritans.