Dictionary entry

Assoil

Webster's Dictionary 1913

As‐soil″ (�), v. t. [OF. assoiler, absoiler, assoldre, F. absoudre, L. absolvere. See Absolve.] 1. To set free; to release.

Till from her hands the spright assoiled is.

Spenser.

2. To solve; to clear up.

Any child might soon be able to assoil this riddle.

Bp. Jewel.

3. To set free from guilt; to absolve.

Acquitted and assoiled from the guilt.

Dr. H. More.

Many persons think themselves fairly assoiled, because they are... not of scandalous lives.

Jer. Taylor.

4. To expiate; to atone for. Spenser.

Let each act assoil a fault.

E. Arnold.

5. To remove; to put off.

She soundly slept, and careful thoughts did quite assoil.

Spenser.