verb

reassess

ree-uh-SESS/ˌriːəˈses/

To evaluate again, especially using new information.

The evaluator reassesses the bowl after finding a repaired crack.

An art evaluator reconsiders an earlier favorable judgment after discovering a repaired crack on the underside of a ceramic bowl: two small sequential vignettes of the SAME woman, left initially satisfied with bowl upright, right carefully turning it to inspect the newly revealed crack with concerned thoughtful face.

Etymology

reLatinagain

+asLatinto, beside

+sessLatinto sit

Latin ad- and sedere pictured sitting beside a judge, whose assistant could set taxes or fines. That duty gave assess its broader sense of judging value; re- calls for doing so again.

In context

Mercatus Center0:44

And this shocked people and caused them to reassess their whole sense of the Vietnam War.

Malcolm Gladwell on the Pentagon Papers | Conversations with Tyler

More examples

She reassessed the price after discovering the repair.
We are reassessing the risks before continuing.
The city reassesses property values each year.

Forms

reassess · reassesses · reassessed · reassessing

reassessment noun — a fresh evaluation

Similar words

review: Review means examine; reassess means evaluate again and potentially change a judgment.
reconsider: Reconsider can revisit a decision informally; reassess emphasizes a fresh evaluation.