verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To insure again (extending or replacing prior insurance). transitive
2. 2
   insure again by assuming all or a part of the liability of an insurance company already covering a risk wordnet
3. 3
   To place insurance on the contract that insures something (allowing the insurer to offset risk in the same way the insuree did). transitive
4. 4
   insure again by transferring to another insurance company all or a part of a liability assumed wordnet
5. 5
   provide additional insurance for wordnet

Etymology

From re- + insure.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.