rassurer French · revision 16898

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1155, Wace, Roman de Brut|origins=la securus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ʁa.sy.ʁe/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''rassurer'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French [[m|fro|raseürer]] (about 1155), [[m|fro|rasseürer]] (about 1175); ''rasseurer'' in the Académie dictionary of 1694 and 1718, ''rassûrer'' in 1740, ''rassurer'' from 1762.^(GLLF 1989)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|fr|re-|assurer]].^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(Littré 1873)^(Wiktionary) [[assurer]] continues [[la-vul|*assēcūrō|t=to make safe]], from [[m|la|sēcūrus|t=safe, secure]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Wace's ''Roman de Brut'' (1155) uses it for giving or restoring confidence to someone.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989) The pronominal ''se raseürer'' “to calm down” is recorded in 1165.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Petit Robert 2007)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The prefixed verb specialized in this sense and, from the 17th century took it over from ''assurer'', so that the two verbs are now quite separate in meaning.^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Amyot (1559) has ''rassurer quelqu'un de quelque chose'', to dispel someone's fear about something, a classical construction.^(GLLF 1989)^(Littré 1873) The concrete sense “to make firm, steady again” (1476, of a building) and “to make safer” (16th century) have been abandoned.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) The participle [[rassurant]] means “reassuring”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1155 – “To give back confidence”, in Wace.^(TLFi)

+ * 1165 – ''Se raseürer'' “to calm down”.^(Grand Robert 2005)^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1476 – “To consolidate”, of a building.^(TLFi)

+ * 1559 – ''Rassurer quelqu'un de quelque chose'', in Amyot.^(GLLF 1989)

+ * 1762 – The Académie spells it ''rassurer''.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|reassure]], restore someone's confidence or peace of mind: ''rassurer un enfant qui a fait un cauchemar''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(reflexive)'' ''Se rassurer'': to stop being afraid, [[m|en|calm]] down, ''rassurez-vous'', don't worry.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(classical)'' To make firm, steady again.^(GLLF 1989)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[rassurant]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[assurer]]

+ * [[assurance]]

+ * [[sûr]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}