reassert (reasserts 3rd person present) (reasserting present participle) (reasserted past tense & past participle )
1 verb If you reassert your control or authority, you make it clear that you are still in a position of power, or you strengthen the power that you had.
...the government's continuing effort to reassert its control in the region... V n
2 verb If something such as an idea or habit reasserts itself, it becomes noticeable again.
His sense of humour was beginning to reassert itself. V pron-refl