(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ your control or authority, you make it clear that you are still in a position of power, or you strengthen the power that you had.
...the government’s continuing effort to ~ its control in the region...
VERB: V n
2.
If something such as an idea or habit ~s itself, it becomes noticeable again.
His sense of humour was beginning to ~ itself.
VERB: V pron-refl