resoothe

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English

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Etymology

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From re- +‎ soothe.

Verb

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resoothe (third-person singular simple present resoothes, present participle resoothing, simple past and past participle resoothed)

  1. To soothe again.
    • 1962, The Love Guy, page 51:
      When the man had gone he resoothed the horse, but his hand stuck out only a few inches from his body.
    • 2005, Susan Orlean, Robert Atwan, The Best American Essays 2005, →ISBN, page 61:
      Not remembering eats at you, but remembering soothes and resoothes.
    • 2013, Blue Balliett, Hold Fast, →ISBN:
      They spent the rest of the day soothing and resoothing, sorting rhythms, and filling one another in on every facet of this crazy, ice-laden time.