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To assume again or anew; to resume. -- Re`as*sump"tion, n.

Assurance or confirmation renewed or repeated. Prynne.

To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror. They rose with fear, . . . Till dauntless Pallas reassured the rest. Dryden.

One who reassures.

To pass again; to pass or travel over in the opposite direction; to pass a second time; as, to repass a bridge or a river; to repass the sea.

The act of repassing; passage back. Hakluyt.

Counterpassant.

An instrument for measuring time by the running of sand. See Hourglass.

The gulf weed. See under Gulf. Sargasso Sea, a large tract of the North Atlantic Ocean where sargasso in great abundance floats on the surface.

A genus of algæ including the gulf weed.

A large African antelope (Alcelaphus tunata), similar to the hartbeest, but having its horns regularly curved.

An American tree of the Laurel family (Sassafras officinale); also, the bark of the roots, which has an aromatic smell and taste. Australian sassafras, a lofty tree (Doryophora Sassafras) with aromatic bark and leaves. -- Chilian sassafras, an aromatic tree (Laurelia sempervirens). -- New Zealand sassafras, a similar…

Stones left after sifting. Smart.

A word used to emphasize a statement. [Obs.] Out she shall pack, with a sassarara. Goldsmith.

A sluice or lock, as in a river, to make it more navigable. [Obs.] Pepys.

A Saxon; an Englishman; a Lowlander. [Celtic] Sir W. Scott.

Native boric acid, found in saline incrustations on the borders of hot springs near Sasso, in the territory of Florence.

The rock pigeon. See under Pigeon.

The bark of a West African leguminous tree (Erythrophlæum Guineense, used by the natives as an ordeal poison, and also medicinally; -- called also mancona bark.

A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon). See Bermuda grass: also Illustration in Appendix.