Webster's Dictionary 1828

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ASSAILER

ASSA'ILER, noun One who assails.

3917

ASSAILING

ASSA'ILING, participle present tense assaulting; invading by force; attacking with violence.

3918

ASSAILMENT

ASSA'ILMENT, noun Attack. [Little used.]

3919

ASSAPANIC

ASSAPAN'IC, noun The flying squirrel; an animal which flies a little distance by extending the skin between the fore and hind legs. [See Squirrel.]

3920

ASSARON

AS'SARON, noun The omer or homer, a Hebrew measure of five pints.

3921

ASSART

ASSART', noun1. In ancient laws, the offense of grubbing up trees, and thus destroying thickets or coverts of a forest.2. a tree plucked up by the roots, also a piece of land cl...

3922

ASSASSIN

ASSAS'SIN, nounOne who kills or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault. The circumstance of surprise or secresy seems essential to the signification of this word; thoug...

3923

ASSASSINATE

ASSAS'SINATE, verb transitive1. To kill or attempt to kill, by surprise or secret assault; to murder by sudden violence. Assassin as a verb is not now used.2. To way lay; to tak...

3924

ASSASSINATED

ASSAS'SINATED, participle passive Murdered by surprise or secret assault.

3925

ASSASSINATING

ASSAS'SINATING, participle present tense Murdering by surprise or secret assault.

3926

ASSASSINATION

ASSASSINA'TION, noun The act of killing or murdering, by surprise or secret assault; murder by violence.

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ASSASSINATOR

ASSAS'SINATOR, noun An assassin, which see.

3928

ASSASSINOUS

ASSAS'SINOUS, adjective Murderous. [Not used.]

3929

ASSASSINS

ASSAS'SINS, noun In Syria, a tribe or clan called Ismaelians, Batanists or Batenians. They originated in Persia about the year 1090; whence a colony migrated and settled on the ...

3930

ASSATION

ASSA'TION, noun [Latin assatus.] A roasting. [Not used.]

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ASSAULT

ASSAULT', noun [Latin assulto, of ad and salto, to leap, formed on salio, or its root. See Assail. We have the same root in insult and result.]1. An attack or violent onset, whe...

3932

ASSAULTABLE

ASSAULT'ABLE, adjective That may be assaulted.

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ASSAULTED

ASSAULT'ED, participle passive Attacked with force, arms, violence, or hostile views.

3934

ASSAULTER

ASSAULT'ER, noun One who assaults, or violently attacks.

3935

ASSAULTING

ASSAULT'ING, participle present tense Attacking with force, or with hostile measures.

3936

ASSAY

ASSA'Y, noun [Latin sequor; assequor, to follow, to examine. See Essay.]1. The trial of the goodness, purity, weight, value, etc. of metals or metallic substances. Any operation...

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ASSAY-BALANCE

ASSAY-BALANCE, noun A balance for the trial of the weight and purity of metals.

3938

ASSAY-MASTER

ASSAY-MASTER, noun An assayer; an officer appointed to try the weight and fineness of the precious metals.

3939

ASSAYED

ASSA'YED, participle passive Examined; tested; proved by experiment.

3940

ASSAYER

ASSA'YER, noun One who examines metals to find their quantity and purity. An officer of the mint, whose business is to try the weight and purity of metals.

3941

ASSAYING

ASSA'YING, participle present tense Trying by some standard; examining by experiment, as metals; proving; attempting.

3942

ASSECURANCE

ASSECU'RANCE, noun Assurance. [Not used.]