Assignee
As′sign‐ee″, n. [F. assigné, p. p. of assigner. See Assign, v., and cf. Assign an assignee.] (Law) (a) A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by a...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Assigner
As‐sign″er (ăs‐sīn″ẽr), n. One who assigns, appoints, allots, or apportions.
Assignment
As‐sign″ment (�), n. [LL. assignamentum: cf. OF. assenement.] 1. An allotting or an appointment to a particular person or use; or for a particular time, as of a cause or causes ...
Assignor
As′sign‐or″ (�), n. [L. assignator. Cf. Assigner.] (Law) An assigner; a person who assigns or transfers an interest; as, the assignor of a debt or other chose in action.
Assimilability
As‐sim′i‐la‐bil″i‐ty (�), n. The quality of being assimilable. Coleridge.
Assimilable
As‐sim″i‐la‐ble (�), a. That may be assimilated; that may be likened, or appropriated and incorporated.
Assimilate
As‐sim″i‐late (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Assimilated (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Assimilating (�).] [L. assimilatus, p. p. of assimilare; ad + similare to make like, similis like. See Simi...
Assimilate (2)
As‐sim″i‐late, v. i. 1. To become similar or like something else.2. To change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body.Alime...
Assimilation
As‐sim′i‐la″tion (�), n. [L. assimilatio: cf. F. assimilation.] 1. The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of bei...
Assimilative
As‐sim″i‐la‐tive (�), a. [Cf. LL. assimilativus, F. assimilatif.] Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation; that assimilates or causes assimilation; as, an assimilative pro...
Assimilatory
As‐sim″i‐la‐to‐ry (�), a. Tending to assimilate, or produce assimilation; as, assimilatory organs.
Assimulate
As‐sim″u‐late (�), v. t. [L. assimulatus, p. p. of assimulare, equiv. to assimilare. See Assimilate, v. t.] 1. To feign; to counterfeit; to simulate; to resemble. Blount.2. To a...
Assimulation
As‐sim′u‐la″tion (�), n. [L. assimulatio, equiv. to assimilatio.] Assimilation. Bacon.
Assinego (2)
As′si‐ne″go (�), n. See Asinego.
Assish
Ass″ish (�), a. Resembling an ass; asinine; stupid or obstinate.Such... appear to be of the assich kind...Udall.
Assist
As‐sist″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Assisted; p. pr. & vb. n.Assisting.] [L. assistere; ad + sistere to cause to stand, to stand, from stare to stand: cf. F. assister. See Stand.] ...
Assist (2)
As‐sist″, v. i. 1. To lend aid; to help.With God not parted from him, as was feared,But favoring and assisting to the end.Milton.2. To be present as a spectator; as, to assist a...
Assistance
As‐sist″ance (�), n. [Cf. F. assistance.] 1. The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support.Without the assistance of a mortal hand.Shak.2. An assistant or helper...
Assistant
As‐sist″ant (�), a. [Cf. F. assistant, p. pr. of assister.] 1. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.Genius and learning... are mutually and greatly assistant to each other...
Assistant (2)
As‐sist″ant (�), n. 1. One who, or that which, assists; a helper; an auxiliary; a means of help.Four assistants who his labor share.Pope.Rhymes merely as assistants to memory.Mr...
Assistantly
As‐sist″ant‐ly, adv. In a manner to give aid.
Assister
As‐sist″er, n. An assistant; a helper.
Assistful
As‐sist″ful (�), a. Helpful.
Assistive
As‐sist″ive (�), a. Lending aid, helping.
Assistless
As‐sist″less, a. Without aid or help. Pope.
Assistor
As‐sist″or (�), n.(Law) A assister.
Assithment
As‐sith″ment (�), n. See Assythment.