ASSOCIATESHIP
ASSO'CIATESHIP, noun The state or office of an associate.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ASSOCIATING
ASSO'CIATING, participle present tense Uniting in company or in interest; joining.
ASSOCIATION
ASSOCIA'TION, noun1. The act of associating; union; connection of persons.2. Union of persons in a company; a society formed for transacting or carrying on some business for mut...
ASSOCIATIONAL
ASSOCIA'TIONAL, adjective Pertaining to an association of clergymen.
ASSOCIATIVE
ASSO'CIATIVE, adjective Having the quality of associating, or of being affected by sympathy.
ASSOIL
ASSOIL', verb transitive [Latin absolvo.] To solve; to release; to absolve.ASSOIL', verb transitive To soil; to stain. obsolete
ASSONANCE
AS'SONANCE, noun [Latin ad and sono, to sound. See Sound.]Resemblance of sounds. In rhetoric and poetry, a resemblance in sound or termination, without making rhyme.
ASSONANT
AS'SONANT, adjective Having a resemblance of sounds. In Spanish poetry, assonant rhymes are those in which a resemblance of sounds serves instead of a natural rhyme; as, ligera,...
ASSORT
ASSORT', verb transitive [See Sort.]1. To separate and distribute into classes things of the like kind, nature or quality, or things which are suited to a like purpose. It is so...
ASSORTED
ASSORT'ED, participle passive1. Distributed into sorts, kinds or classes.2. Furnished with an assortment, or with a variety; as a well assorted store.
ASSORTING
ASSORT'ING, participle present tense Separating into sorts; supplying with an assortment.
ASSORTMENT
ASSORT'MENT, noun1. The act of distributing into sorts, kinds of classes, or of selecting and suiting things.2. A mass or quantity distributed into kinds or sorts; or a number o...
ASSOT
ASSOT', verb transitive [See Sot.] To infatuate; to besot. [Not used.]
ASSUAGE
ASSUA'GE, verb transitiveTo soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease or lessen, as pain or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult. In strictness, it si...
ASSUAGED
ASSUA'GED, participle passive Allayed; mitigated; eased; appeased.
ASSUAGEMENT
ASSUA'GEMENT, noun Mitigation; abatement.
ASSUAGER
ASSUA'GER, noun One who allays; that which mitigates or abates.
ASSUAGING
ASSUA'GING, participle present tense Allaying; mitigating; appeasing; abating.
ASSUASIVE
ASSUA'SIVE, adjective [from assuage.] Softening; mitigating; tranquilizing.
ASSUEFACTION
ASSUEFAC'TION, noun [Latin assuefacio.] The act of accustoming. [Not used.]
ASSUETUDE
AS'SUETUDE, noun [Latin assuetudo, from assuetus, p. of assuesco, to accustom.] Custom; habit; habitual use.
ASSUME
ASSU'ME, verb transitive [Latin assumo, of ad and sumo, to take.]1. To take or take upon one. If differs from receive, in not implying an offer to give.The God assumed his nativ...
ASSUMED
ASSU'MED, participle passive Taken; arrogated; taken without proof; pretended.
ASSUMER
ASSU'MER, noun One who assumes; an arrogant person.
ASSUMING
ASSU'MING, participle present tense Taking; arrogating; taking for granted; pretending.ASSU'MING, adjective Taking or disposed to take upon one's self more than is just; haughty...
ASSUMPSIT
ASSUMP'SIT, noun [Latin assumo.]1. In law, a promise or undertaking, founded on a consideration. This promise may be verbal or written; An assumpsit is express or implied; expre...
ASSUMPT
ASSUMPT', verb transitive To take up; to raise. [Barbarous and not used.]ASSUMPT', noun That which is assumed. [not used.]