unintimidate

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unintimidate (third-person singular simple present unintimidates, present participle unintimidating, simple past and past participle unintimidated)

(transitive) To make no longer intimidated; to reassure.
- 1993, Joseph H. Carens, Democracy and Possessive Individualism, page 93:
  His purpose in dwelling on labor was to demystify the business of authorities, to unintimidate the uninitiated.