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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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As-sāy'er, n. p. 83One who assays; specifically, one who examines metallic ores or compounds, for the purpose of determining the amount of any particular metal in the same, especially of gold or silver.As-sāy'-mās'ter, n. p. 83An assayer; an officer appointed to determine the amount of gold or silver in coin or bullion.Ăs/sec-tā'tion, n. p. 83Attendance or waiting upon. [Obs.] Bailey.As-se-cū'rance, n. p. 83Assurance. [Obs.] Sheldon.As'se-cu-rā'tion, n. p. 83Assurance; freedom from doubt; certainty. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.As-se-cūre', v. t. p. 83To make sure. [Obs.] Bullokar.As-se-cû'tion, n. p. 83An obtaining or acquiring. [Obs.] Ayliffe.As-sĕm'blage, n. p. 83The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled. [Rare.] “In sweet assemblage every blooming grace.” Fenton. 2. A collection of individuals, or of particular things; as, a political…As-sĕm'blance, n. p. 83Resemblance; likeness; representation. [Obs.] Care I for the . . . assemblance of a man? give me the spirit. Shak. 2. An assembling. [Obs.] “To weep the cause of their assemblance.” Spenser.As-sĕm'ble, v. t. p. 83To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate. Thither he assembled all his train, Milton.As-sĕm'ble, v. i. p. 83To meet or come together; to convene, as a number of individuals. “The churls assemble.” Dryden.As-sĕm'ble, v. t. p. 83To liken; to compare. [Obs.] “Bibles may be assembled to pitch.” Latimer.As-sĕm'bler, n. p. 83One who assembles.As-sĕm’bly, n. p. 83A company of persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose; as, religious, political, and social assemblies. 2. An assemblage. [Obs.] Howell. 3. (Mil.) A beat of the…As-sĕm'bly-rōom, n. p. 83A room in which persons assemble, especially for dancing.As-sĕnt', n. p. 83The act of assenting; the act of the mind in admitting or agreeing to any thing; consent; agreement. It received the assent, if not the approbation, of the prince. Prescott. Faith is the assent to…As-sĕnt', v. i. p. 83To admit a thing as true; to express an agreement, concurrence, or concession. The Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. Acts xxiv. 9. Syn.— To yield; agree; concede; concur; approve.Ăs'sen-tā'tion, n. p. 83Act of assenting; compliance with the opinion of another, from flattery or dissimulation. Cromwell, with all the assentations imaginable, seemed to rejoice that they had made so worthy a choice. Life…Ăs'sen-tā'tor, n. p. 83An obsequious person; a flatterer. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.As-sĕnt′a-to-ri-ly, adv. p. 83With adulation or obsequiousness. [Obs.] Bacon.As-sĕnt'er, n. p. 83One who assents.As-sēn'tient, a. p. 83Yielding assent.As-sēnt'ing-ly, adv. p. 83In a manner to express assent; by agreement; as, he nodded assentingly.As-sēnt'ive, a. p. 83Giving assent; complying. Savage.As-sēnt'ment, n. p. 83Assent; agreement. [Obs.] Their . . . argument subsists upon the charity of our as-sentments. Browne.As-sērt', v. t. p. 83To affirm positively; to declare with assurance; to aver; to asseverate. Nothing is more shameful . . . than to assert any thing to be done without a cause. Ray. 2. To maintain or defend by words or…As-sērt'er, n. p. 83One who asserts; one who avers or maintains; an assertor. “The inflexible asserter of the rights of the church.” Milman.As-sĕr'tion, n. p. 83The act of asserting, or affirming, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; position advanced. “There is a difference between assertion and demonstration.” Macaulay.…As-sēr'tion-al, a. p. 83Containing an assertion. Latham.As-sērt'ive, a. p. 83Positive; affirming confidently; peremptory. “Assertive of tradition.” Bp. Taylor.As-sĕrt'ive-ly, adv. p. 83Affirmatively. Bp. Bedell.As-sĕrt'or, n. p. 83One who asserts; one who maintains or vindicates a claim; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator; an asserter. Faithful asserter of thy country's cause. Prior.As-sĕrt'o-ry, a. p. 83Affirming; maintaining. “The assertory oath.” Bp. Taylor. In Logic, judgments and propositions are assertory, i. e., declaratory, problematic, and apodeictic.As-sĕss', v. t. p. 83To set, fix, or charge a certain sum upon, as a tax; as, to assess each citizen in due proportion. 2. To value; to fix the value or profits of, for the purpose of taxation. 3. To determine, fix, or…As-sĕss’, n. p. 83Assessment. [Obs.]As-sĕss'a-ble, a. p. 83Liable to be assessed or taxed; as, assessable property.As-sēss'a-bly, adv. p. 83By assessment.As-sēs'sion, n. p. 83A sitting down by a person. [Obs.] Bailey.As-sēs'sion-a-ry, a. p. 83Of, or pertaining to, assessors. “At the assessionary court.” Carew.As-sēss'ment, n. p. 83The act of assessing; the act of determining the amount of damages by a jury. “To be subject to no assessment.” Howell. 2. A valuation of property or profits of business, for the purpose of taxation…As-sĕss'or, n. p. 83One who sits by another, as next in dignity, or as an assistant and adviser; an associate. Whence to his Son, The assessor of his throne, he thus began. Milton. To point out the supremacy of…Ăs'ses-sō'ri-al, a. p. 84Pertaining to assessors, or to a court of assessors. Coxe.Ăs'sets, n. pl. p. 84(Law.) (a.) Property of a deceased person, subject by law to the payment of his debts and legacies;—called assets because sufficient to render the executor or administrator liable to the creditors…As-sĕv'er, v. t. p. 84Same as ASSEVERATE. [Obs.]As-sĕv'er-âte, v. t. p. 84To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity. Syn.—To affirm; aver; protest; declare. See AFFIRM.As-sĕv'er-ā'tion, n. p. 84Positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration. Another abuse of the tongue I might add,—vehement asseverations upon slight and trivial occasions. Ray.Ăs-si-dē'an, n. p. 84One of a body of zealous and devoted Jews, the adherents of Mattathias, the father of the Maccabees, in defense of the religion and liberties of their country. Kitto.Ăs'si-dent, a. p. 84(Med.) Usually attending a disease, but not always; as, assident signs, which are distinguished from pathognomic signs, or those that are inseparable from it.As-sĭd'ŭ-ate, a. p. 84Constant; continual; assiduous. [Obs.] Fabyan.Ăs'/si-dū'i-ty, n. p. 84Constant or close application or attention, particularly to some business or enterprise; diligence. I have, with much pains and assiduity, qualified myself for a nomenclator. Addison. ☞ Assiduities…As-sid'ū-oūs, a. p. 84Constant in application or attention; devoted; attentive; unremitting. She grows more assiduous in her attendance. Addison. 2. Performed with constant diligence or attention; as, assiduous labor. To…As-sĭd'ū-ōŭs-ly, adv. p. 84In an assiduous manner.As-sid'ŭ-ous-ness, n. p. 84The quality of being assiduous; constant or diligent application.As-siēge', v. t. p. 84To besiege. [Obs.] “Assieged castles.” Spenser.Ăs-sĭ-ĕnʹto, n. p. 84A contract or convention between the king of Spain and other powers for furnishing slaves for the Spanish dominions in America.Ăs'si-ĕn'tĭst, n. p. 84A shareholder of the Assiento company; one of the parties to the Assiento contract. Bancroft.As-sign' (-sīn'), v. t. p. 84To appoint; to allot; to mark out; to apportion. “In the order I assign to them.” Loudon. The man who could feel thus was worthy of a better station than that in which his lot had been assigned.…As-sign', n. p. 84(Law.) A person to whom property or an interest is transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns. 2. A thing pertaining or belonging to something else; an appurtenance. [Obs.] Six French…As-sign'a-ble, a. p. 84Capable of being assigned, allotted, specified, or expressed with precision; as, an assignable reason; an assignable note or bill; an assignable quantity.As'sig-nat', n. p. 84(Fr. Law.) The assignment of an annuity (rente) on an estate, by which the annuity is based on the security of the latter. 2. Paper currency, issued by the revolutionary government of France, based…