ASHFIRE-ASIO.

ASHFIRE, ash'fire, s. The low fire used in certain chemical operations.

ASHHOLE, ash hole,s. The hole or pit into which ASHPIT, ash'pit, ashes fall or are deposited. ASHLAR, ash'lar, s. Freestones as they come out of the quarry. The term, however, is more commonly used for stones hewn for the facing of walls: when smooth, it is termed plane-ashlar; when fluted, tooled-ashlar; when irregularly cut, random-ashlar; when wrought with a narrow tool, it is said to be pointed; when the tool is not very narrow, it is called chiselled or boastedashlar; when the grooves are sunk by cutting the arrises off the stones, the work is called rusticated; and when pitted into deep holes, it is termed pri

son-rustic. ASHLERING, ash'lur-ing, s. Setting an ashler-facing. In Carpentry, the fixing of upright quarterings between the rafters and floors of garrets. ASHLER-TIMBERS, ash'lur-tim'burz, s. pl. Wooden beams used to support the roof of a building. ASHORE, a-shore', ad. On shore, on the land; to the shore, to the land. ASHTORETII, ash'to-reth, s. (Hebrew.) A goddess of the Sidonians and Philistines, whose worship was introduced among the Israelites during the period of the Judges, and celebrated by Solomon himself. ASH-WEDNESDAY, ash-wendz'day, s. The first day of Lent, so called from the ancient practice of sprinkling ashes on the head on that day. ASHWEED, ash'weed, s. The small wild angelica. ASHY, ash'e, a Ash-coloured; pale; inclined to a whitish-gray; turned into ashes.

Oft have I seen a timely parted ghost,
Of ashy semblance, meagre, pale, and bloody.—

ASHY-PALE, ash'e-pale, a. Pale as ashes.

Shaks.

ASIATICISM, ay-zhe-at'e-sizın, s. An imitation of the Asiatic manners or customs. ASIDE, a-side', ad. To one side; out of the perpendicular direction; to another part; out of the true direction; apart. In the Drama, something said by a performer which the other persons on the stage are supposed not to hear.

ASILIUS, a-sil'e-us, s. (asilius, the gadfly, Lat.) The Hornet fly, a genus of dipterous insects, having the mouth furnished with a horny projecting Backer.

ASIMINA, as-e-mi'na, s. (Canadian name, meaning unknown.) A genus of North American shrubs: Order, Anonaceæ. ASINARY, as'se-na-re, ASININE, as'se-nine, ASINEGO, a-sin-e'go, s. pleton. Asto, a'zhe-o, s. (Latin.) The Horned owl, a genus of the Strigida or owl family, having the head

a. Belonging to an ass.

A foolish fellow; a sim

ASIPHONOBRANCHIATA-ASPEN.

furnished with a double crest or egrets-the Bubo of Cuvier. ASIPHONOBRANCHIATA, a-si'fo-no-brank-i-a'ta, s. (a, without, siphon, a pipe, Gr. and branchiæ, gills, Lat.) A name given by Blainville to his second order of mollusca; class, Paracephalophora. It embraces those inhabitants of bivalve shells which are without tube-shaped respiratory organs. The apertures of the shells are not notched and canaliculated; the animals live on plants.

ASK, ask, v. a. (ascian, Sax.) To beg; to claim; to seek; to petition; to require; to question; to inquire. ASKANCE, as-kans', ad. Obliquely; on one side. ASKANT, as-kănt', ASKER, ask'ur, s. One who asks; a petitioner; an inquirer; a small lizard, (Lacerta vulgaris et palustris,) pronounced and spelt ask in Scotland, and in our northern counties.

ASKEW, a-sku', ad. Sideways; contemptuously.
ASLAKE, a-slake', v. a. To remit; to slacken.-
Obsolete.

But this continual, cruel, civil war,
No skill can stint, nor reason can aslake.—

Spenser. ASLANT, a-slant', ad. Obliquely; on one side. ASLEEP, a-sleep', ad. Sleeping; into sleep; at rest. ASLOPE, a-slope', ad. Obliquely; with a declivity. ASOMATOUS, a-som'a-tus, a. (from a, without, and soma, a body, Gr.) Incorporeal; purely spiritual. ASP, asp, s. (aspis, Lat.) A venomous serpent mentioned by ancient writers, the species unknown. ASPALATHUS, as-pal'a-thus, s. The African broom, a genus of papilionaceous plants: Order, Legu

minosa.

ASPARAGINE, as-par'a-jine, s. A substance obtained in white rhomboidal prisms, from asparagus, liquorice, the root of the marshmallow, the potato, and other plants. It consists of 8 atoms of carbon; 8 of hydrogen; 2 of nitrogen; and 6 of oxygen. Its synonymes are-asparamide, altheine, and agedoile.

ASPARAGINOUS, as-par-ra'je-nus, a. In Horticulture, applied to those culinary vegetables, the points of the tender shoots of which are eaten like those of the asparagus, as in the case of the common hop. ASPARAGUS, as-par'a-gus, s. (sparasso, I tear, Gr.) Sparrow-grass, a genus of low shrubby plants, with scale-like leaves. A. officinalis is one of the oldest and most delicate of culinary vegetables. ASPARTIC ACID, as-par'tik as'sid, s. An acid obtained by boiling asparagine with magnesia. ASPECT, as'pekt, s. (aspectus, Lat.) Look; air; appearance; countenance; glance; view; act of beholding; direction towards any point; position; disposition of anything to something else; relation. In Architecture, the direction towards the point of the compass in which a building is placed. In Gardening, exposure to the sun. In Astronomy, the situation of the planets with respect to each other; v. a. to behold.-Not used in this sense. ASPECTABLE, as-pek'ta-bl, a. Visible; being the object of sight.

ASPECTED, as-pek'ted, a. Having an aspect.

A contracted, subtile, and intricate face, full of quirks and turnings; a labyrinthian face, now angularly, now circularly, every way aspected.- Ben Jonson, ASPECTION, as-pek'shun, s. Beholding; view. ASPEN, as pen, 8. The trembling poplar, (Populus tremula.)

ASPERATION, as-pe-ra'shun, s. A making rough. ASPERGILLIFORM, as-per-jil'le-fawrm, a. (aspergillus, and forma, Lat.) Shaped 1ke the aspergillus, as some of the stigmas of grasses are. ASPERGILLUS, as-per-jil'lus, s. (aspergillum, a watering-pot, Lat.) The brush used in the Roman Catholic Church for sprinkling holy water on the people; a genus of fungi found on rotten and putrid substances.

ASPERGILLIUM, as-per-jil'le-um, ) s. (aspergillus, ASPERGILLUM, as-per-jil ́lum, Lat.) A mollusc, living in sand, and inhabiting a tubular shell, one of the extremities of which is closed by a plate perforated with small tubular holes, forming a kind of corolla.

ASPERIFOLIOUS, as-per-e-fo'le-us, a. (asper, and folium, a leaf, Lat.) Having rough leaves. ASPERITY, as-per'e-te, s. (asperitas, Lat.) Roughness; harshness of speech or temper. ASPERLY, as per-le, ad. Roughly; sharply. ASPERMACIA, as-per-ma'she-a, s. (a, without, and sperma, seed, Gr.) Deficiency of semen. ASPERNATION, as-per-na'shun, s. (aspernatio, Lat.) Neglect; disregard.

ASPEROUS, as pe-rus, a. Rough; uneven. ASPERSE, as-perse', v. a. (aspergo, Lat.) To slander; to calumniate.

ASPERSER, as-per'sur, s. One who asperses or

calumniates another.

ASPERSION, as-per'shun, &. A sprinkling; calumny; censure.

ASPERUGO, as-pe-ru'go, s. (asper, Lat.) The small wild bugloss or German madwort, a genus of plants with a five-cleft calyx; corolla with a short tube, and a five-lobed limb. The only British species is A. procumbens: Order, Boraginex. ASPHALT, as-falt', s. (from the Asphaltic ASPHALTUM, as-fal'tum, Lake, or Dead Sea.) Compact bitumen: it varies from brownish black to black, and has a conchoidal fracture, with a resinous lustre. It consists of bituminous oil, hydrogen gas, and charcoal. It is found floating on the surface of the Dead Sea in a liquid state, but hardens when exposed to the air. It was much used by the ancients as a building cement, and is now extensively used in paving and in covering roofs.

ASPHALTIC, as-fal'tik, a. Partaking of the nature of asphalt.

ASPHAREUS, as-fa're-us, s. A genus of acanthopterygious fishes: Family, Chaetodon. ASPHODELEE, as-fo-del'e-e, s. (Asphodelus, one of the genera.) A natural order of endogenous plants, known from the rushes by their larger and more highly coloured flowers, and by the hardness of the coat of their seeds; and, from the lily, by the smallness of their flowers. The first division contains the alliaceous plants-the onion, garlic, hyacinth, &c.; the second division, which contains the asparagus, the gum-dragon tree, &c., want the bulbs of the other, but have clusters of fleshy roots, and some of the stems are woody.

ASPHYXIA-ASPLENIUM.

Addison.

ASPICARPA, as-pe-kür'pa, s. (aspes, a little rou shield, and carpos, fruit, Gr.) A little twi ing stinging plant, with shield-like seeds: Ord Malpighiacea.

ASPIDIAREA, as-pe-di-a ́re-a, s. (aspes, Gr.) genus of fossil coal plants, of the Lepidodendr family, with shield-like markings on the stem. ASPIDISTRA, as-pe-dis'tra, s. (aspes, Gr.) A gen of plants, with small shield-like radical flowe half buried in the ground: Order, Aroideæ. ASPIDIUM, as-pid'e-um, s. (aspes, Gr.) The Shiel

fern: Tribe, Polypodiaceæ. ASPIDOPHORUS, as-pe-dof'o-rus, s. (aspes, an phero, I bear, Gr.) A genus of acanthopterygio fishes, which have their whole body covered wit thick strong scales, or bony plates, and the snou armed with two spines.

ASPIDORHYNCHUS, as-pe-do-rink'us, s. (aspes, an rhinkos, a beak, Gr.) A genus of fossil ganoid o bright-scaled fishes, found in the Lias and Oolit formations of England, characterised by the lengt and bony covering of the upper jaw. ASPIDURA, as-pe-du'ra, s. (aspes, and oura, a tail Gr.) A species of fossil Echinodermata, with ser pent-like tails, from the Lias of Yorkshire. ASPIRANT, as-pi'rant, s. One who aspires; a can didate for an office of distinction.

ASPIRATE, as'pe-rate, v. a. (aspiro, I breath upon Lat.) To pronounce with strong full breath;v. n. to be pronounced with full breath;-s. the mark which denotes an aspirated pronunciation -a. pronounced with full breath. ASPIRATION, as-pe-ra'shun, s. (aspiratio, Lat.) A breathing after; an ardent wish or desire; the ac of pronouncing with full breath. ASPIRE, as-pire', v. n. (aspiro, Lat.) To desire with eagerness; to pant after something higher to rise high.

ASPIREMENT, as-pire'ment, s. The act of aspir ing.

ASPIRER, as-pi'rur, s. One who aspires, or is am

bitions.

ASPIRING, as-pi'ring, a. Ambitious;-s. the desire of something great.

ASPISURUS, as-pe-su'rus, s. (aspis, a little shield, and oura, a tail, Gr.) A genus of spiny-finned fishes, belonging to the sub-family Acanthurine, having the snout lengthened, and somewhat tubular; dorsal spines, strong and remote; caudalfin truncate, or slightly lunate. ASPLENIUM, as-ple'ne-uin, s. (a, without, and splen, spleen, Lat.) Spleenwort and Maiden's-hair, a genus of ferns having the soli linear, and placed on lateral veins; the indusium flat, membranous,

ASPORTATION-ASSASSINATE.

aparating internally. The plant has been medicacions in disorders of the spleenwn the came.

TATION, as-pore-ta'shun, s. (asportatio, Lat.) Ang for carrying away.

E as-pre'de-ne, 8. (aspredo, one of the A subdivision of the Siluridae or Catich have the body mailed or naked; the and placed vertically; the operculum A opterygions fishes, type of the subArreding, distinguished from the other by the shortness of the anal-fin.

za prido, s. (asper, rough, Lat.)

pro, (aper, Lat.) A genus of fishes, barkeder bodies and depressed muzzles, with the match underneath: Family, Percidæ. ACN, w-int', ad. (shuin, Dut.) Obliquely; the straight line of vision; figuratively, not ged or due notice.

(arrinas, Lat.) In Zoology, the Equus Las. A sub-genus or species of the En fly, comprehending those Equide which ot striped like the zebras, and are distinbed from the true horses by their long ears, mane, tufted tail, and a streak along the win another across the shoulders, and by

tepecular bray; a stupid, heavy, dull fellow;

边

META-See Asafoetida.

AGAT TREE, as sa-gay tree, 8.

The Cartesia

tall tree, of the wood of which the

atives of South Africa make javelins or spears: C, Celastrinem.

A-e, &. (Italian.) In Music, a term to denote that the time must be accelerated or retarded: as allegro, quick; allegro assai, still per; adagio assai, still slower. AAL, 2-sale', . a. (assailler, Fr.) To attack

hostile manner; to assault; to fall upon; to ade; to attack with argument; censure, or natives applied to the passions.

ASEALABLE as-sale a-bl, a. Capable of being

tarted

AMAILAST, as-sale'ant, s. (assaillant, Fr.) One who attacks;—a. attacking; invading, HALER, as-sale'ur, s. One who attacks another. LMENT, as-sale'ment, s. The act of attacking. AAPANIC, as-sa-panik, s. Old name of the flygirrel, Sciurus volans.

ASSASSINATION—ASSEMBLANCE.

v. n. to murder;-s. the crime of an assassin ; murder.

Were not all assassinates and popular insurrections wrongfully chastised.-Pope.

AAT, as-sart', &. (French.) In Law, an offence itted in the forest, by plucking up trees by the roots-e. a. to commit an assart, one of the

The word is also used for a murderer, but obsolete in that sense. ASSASSINATION, as-sas-se-na'shun, s. The act of assassinating; murder by violence. ASSASSINATOR, as-sas'e-nay-tur, s. A murderer. ASSASSINOUS, as-sas'se- nus, a. Murderous. ASSATION, as-sa'shun, s. (assation, Fr. from assatus, Lat.) Roasting; stewing in its own juice. Assation is a concoction of the inward moisture by heat.-Burton's Anat. of Miel.

ASSAULT, as-sawit', s. (assaut, Fr.) Attack; hostile onset; opposed to defence; storm; opposed to sap or siege; hostile violence; invasion. In Law, an attempt or offer, with force and violence, to do bodily injury to another. Assault and battery is a malicious act, by which not only violence has been offered, but actual injury done to another; -v. a. to attack; to invade; to fall upon with violence.

ASSAULTABLE, as-sawl'ta-bl, a. Capable of being assaulted.

ASSAULTER, as-sawl'tur, s. One who attacks with violence.

ASSAY, as'sa, s. (asaie, old Fr.) Examination; trial;

This cannot be,

By no assay of reason. 'Tis a pageant,
To keep us in false gaze.-Shaks.

the first entrance upon anything; a taste for trial; trial by danger or distress; difficulty; hardship; value.-Obsolete in the last sense.

She saw bestowed all with rich array Of pearls and precious stones of great assay.—— Spenser. In Metallurgy, a process of determining the quantity of gold or silver contained in any ore or metallic admixture; or, in its extended signification, of ascertaining the quantity of any one metal contained in any mineral or metallic compound. Analysis determines the different ingredients; asASSAYER, as-sa'ur, s. say, only the quantity of any particular ingredient. One who assays; an officer of the Mint, appointed to assay the metals used ASSECTATION, as-sek-ta'shun, s. (assectatio, Lat.) in coinage.

Attendance, or waiting upon.

ASSECURANCE, as-se-ku'rans, s. (assecurantio, Lat.)

Assurance.-Obsolete. ASSECURATION, as-se-ku-ra'shun, s. free from doubt.-Obsolete.

Assurance;

cest; simply, to grub up trees;

The king granted him free chase and free warren in sa lands, &c., and also power to assart his

-Aside's Berkshire.

assart lands were forest lands which were reclaimed or cleared of wood, and for which rents were paid, under the name of assart rents.

ASSASSIN, as-sas'sin, s. (French.) A murderer; who kills by treachery or sudden violence;—

rato murder.

ASSASSISACT, ap-sas'se-na-se, s. The act of assas

muating

The spiritual assassinacy, this deepest dye of blood.

Bamonds Sermon

ASSASSINATE, as-sas'se-nate,

To murder by violence; to destroy; to waylay; v. a. (assassiner, Fr.)

Lat.) To make one sure or certain; to give ASSECUTION, as-se-ku'shun, s. (assequor, assectum, assurance.-Obsolete. to obtain, Lat.) Acquirement; the act of obtaining. Obsolete.

ASSEMBLAGE, as-sem'blaje, s. (French.) A collection; a number of individuals brought together; the state of being assembled. Assemblage differs from assembly, by being applied chiefly to things, assembly being used only or generally of persons. ASSEMBLANCE, as-sem'blans, s. (old French.) Re presentation; appearance.

Will you tell me, Master Shallow, how to choose a man? Care I for the limb, the thewes, the stature, bulk, and big assemblance of a man? Give me the spirit of a

ASSEMBLE-ASSESS.

ASSEMBLE, as-sem'bl, v. a. (assembler, Fr.) To bring together into one place-(used both of persons and things);-. n. to meet together. ASSEMBLER, as-sem blur, s. One who assembles or meets others.

None of the list-makers, the assemblers of the mob, the directors and arrangers, have been convicted.— Burke,

ASSEMBLING, as-sem'bling, s.

A meeting together. Rude and riotous assemblings.-Bishop Fleetwood. ASSEMBLY, as-sem'ble, s. (assemblée, Fr.) A company met together. General Assembly, a yearly convocation of the representatives of the Church of Scotland, held in Edinburgh in May, in presence of the Lord High Commissioner. National Assembly, a French parliament, constituted in June, 1789, by a resolution of the States-General, to which the nobles and clergy afterwards adhered; it was also termed the Constituent Assembly, from its having framed a constitution, on the acceptance of which, by the king, it was dissolved, September 30, 1791.

It was succeeded by a Legislative Assembly, in October of the same year. It was dissolved on September 21, 1792, being succeeded by the National Convention on the same day. Westminster Assembly, an assembly of divines which met July 1, 1643, for the purpose of drawing up a formula of the Calvinistic presbyterian faith, forming, since then, the standard of the Scottish Church, in matters of faith and discipline. ASSENT, as sent', s. (assensus, Lat.) The act of agreeing to anything; consent; agreement;-v. N. (assentir, Fr.) to concede; to yield to, or agree

to.

ASSENTATION, as-sen-ta'shun, s. (assentatio, Lat.) Compliance with the opinion of another, out of flattery or dissimulation.

ASSENTATOR, as-sen-ta'tur, s. (Latin.) A flatterer; a follower.-Obsolete.

ASSENTER, as-sen'tur, s. One who assents; an

assistant; a favourer.

ASSENTINGLY, as-sent'ing-le, ad. Accordingly; by agreement.

Consent.

ASSENTMENT, as-sent'ment, s.
ASSERS, as surs, s. pl. In Carpentry, laths which
support the roof of a house.
ASSERT, as-sert', s. (assero, Lat.) To maintain ;
to defend, either by word or action; to affirm; to
claim; to vindicate a title to; to declare positively.

That, to the height of this great argument,
I may assert Eternal Providence,

And justify the ways of God to man.-Milton. ASSERTFR, as-ser'tur, s. (asserteur, Fr.) A maintainer; vindicator; affirmer; defender. ASSERTION, as-ser'shun, s. Positive affirmation; the position affirmed.

ASSERTIVE, as-ser'tiv, a. Positive; dogmatic; peremptory.

ASSERTIVELY, as-ser'tiv-le, ad. Affirmatively. ASSERTORY, as-ser'to-re, a. Affirming; supporting.

This other heap of arguments are only assertory, not probatory.-Bishop Taylor.

ASSERVE, as-serv', v. a. (asservio, Lat.) To help; to serve, or second.

ASSESS, a--ses', v. a. (assestare, to make an equalibration, Ital. according to Dr. Johnson; from the old French word assesser, to establish; to regulate; so used in the 10th century, according to Dr. Todd.) To charge with any certain sun as a

ASSESSABLE-ASSIGN.

tax-8. assessment.-Seldom used in the lat

sense.

Taking of assesses or levies.-Princely Pelican. ASSESSABLE, as-ses'sa-bl, a. Capable of being: sessed; liable to be taxed.

ASSESSION, as-sesh'un, s. (assessio, Lat) A sitti down by another, in order to give advice or sistance.

ASSESSIONARY, as-sesh'un-ar-e, a. Pertaining

assessors.

ASSESSMENT, as-ses'ment, s. The sum assessed levied as a tax; the act of assessing. ASSESSOR, as-ses'ur, s. (Latin.) The person w sits by another; generally used of one who assis the judge in a court of law; the person who si by another as next in dignity; one who assess or lays on taxes.

ASSETS, as-setz', s. pl. without a singular, (asse Fr.) Goods sufficient to discharge the burde which is cast upon the executor or heir in satis fying the testator's or assessor's debts or legacie Assets are personal and real. In a more gener: sense, the word is used to designate property pre sumed to be set apart to meet any obligation also, in trade, to designate the funds or propert of a merchant, in contradistinction to his liabilitie or obligations. ASSEVER, as-sev'ur, Yr. a. (assevero, Lat. ASSEVERATE, as-sev'ur-ate,) To affirm with grea solemnity, as upon oath. ASSEVERATION, as-sev-ur-a'shun, s. Solemn af firmation, as upon oath.

ASSHEAD, as hed, s. A blockhead; one slow o apprehension.-Obsolete.

Will you keep an asshead, a coxcomb, and a knave, a thin-faced knave, a gull?-Shaks. ASSID.EANS, as-se'de-ans, a. (assidaioi, the pious, Gr.) A name given in the first book of Maccabees to a body of men who armed themselves under Mattathias in defence of the great doctrine of the Unity of God, and in resistance to the innovation of the Grecian manfers and idolatries into Judea. They do not seem to have formed a sect, as is ASSIDUATE, as-sid ́u-ate, a. (assiduus, Lat.) Daily. commonly represented.

My long and assiduate course of suffering has taken me from an opinion of suffering.-King Charles 1.

ASSIDUITY, as-se-du'e-te, s. (assiditus, Lat.) Diligence; closeness of application.

ASSIDUOUS, as-sid'u-us, a. (assiduus, Lat.) Constant in application.

ASSIDUOUSLY, as-sid'u us-le, ad. Diligently; continually. ASSIDUOUSNESS, as-sid'u-us-nes, s. The act of being assiduous; diligence.

ASSIEGE, a-seci', v. a. (assieger, Fr.) To besiege. -Obsolete.

ASSIENTO, as-se-en'to, s. In Spanish, a contract or bargain. A contract at one time entered into between the kings of Spain and other powers, for furnishing the Spanish dominions in America with negro slaves.

ASSIGN, as-sine', v. a. (assigner, Fr. assigno, Lat.) To mark out; to appoint; to appropriate; to fix as to quantity or value. In Law, in general, to appoint a deputy or make over a right to another; in particular, to appoint or set forth, as to assign error, is to show in what part of the process error has been committed;-to assign false

ASSIGNABLE-ASSISTLESS.

to declare how and where the judgis jest:-to assign the cessor, is to show the plaintiff had ceased or given over ;—to a waste, is to show wherein especially the Tate is committed-s. the person to whom any ty is or may be assigned.

TABLE, as-sine a-bl, a Fit to be marked out

NATION, 2-sig-na'shan, s. (French.) An moment to meet; (used, generally, of love appements-sometimes of others;) a making over Ang to another; designation; marking out. ABOATS, as sing-yas, &. (French.) A French money, issued in 1789, and recalled in 1796. vw declared a legal tender, and produced more justice, and misery throughout France, an any other measure of the Revolution. AVEL, 'se-ne, &. (assigner, to assign, Fr.) The person who is appointed or deputed by anto do any act, or perform any business, or y commodity. Assignees are either in a. Assignee in deed, is one appointed e. Assignee in law, is one whom the appoints without reference to the will of the pea Assignees in the law of bankruptcy, are te to whom the realization, management, and dition of the estate of a bankrupt are com

ASSIZE-ASSOT.

ASSIZE, as-size', s. (assises, Fr.) In Law, the periodical session held by the judges of the superior courts in the counties of England, for the purpose of trying criminals, and the determining of civil suits. Anciently an assize was an assembly of knights and other landed gentlemen, with the justices of the peace or district, at a certain appointed time. The term was also applied to ordinances regulating the price of bread, as also to the peculiar jury by which a writ of right was tried ;-v. a. to fix the rate of anything. ASSIZER, as-si'zur, s. One who has the charge of weights and measures.

subject to the control of the court of kry. They are either official, provisional,

ANER, as-sine'ur, 8. One who assigns or ap

ASFXINT, as-sine'ment, s. Appointment of one ng with regard to another thing or person. In Le, the deed by which anything is transferred from one to another. ALABLE as-sim'e-la-bl, a.

That which may verted to the same nature with something

ASSIMILATE, as-sim'e-late, v. a. (assimilo, Lat.) 20 covert to the same nature with another g; to bring to a likeness or resemblance; to perform the act of converting food into

ASSLIKE, as like, a. Resembling an ass.

"They are sleepy,' saith Savanarola, dull, cold, slow, blockish, ass-like.-Burton's Anat. of Mel. ASSOCIABILITY, as-so-she-a-bil'e-te, s. The quality of being capable of associating with. ASSOCIABLE, as-so'she-a-bl, a. (associbilis, Lat.) That may be associated or joined to. ASSOCIABLENESS, as-so ́she-a-bl-nes, 8. Socialness; fit for society. ASSOCIATE, as-so'she-ate, v. a. (associer, Fr.) To unite with another as a confederate; to adopt as a friend upon equal terms; to accompany;-v. a. to unite with; to join with;

Associates with the raidnight shadows.-Thomson. -a. confederate; joined in interest or purpose; -s. a partner; a confederate; a companion. ASSOCIATION, as-so-she-a'shun, s. (association, Fr.) A confederacy or union of persons to perform some act, or attain some object. Association of ideas, is that connection between two or more ideas which causes the one to spring from the other, often involuntary, and without any apparent similitude. ASSOCIATIONAL, as-so-she-a'shun-al, a. Pertaining to an association.

Counter

8. (asinego, Portuguese.)

ASSOCIATIVE, as-so-she-a'tiv, a. Capable of association.

Or are you so ambitious 'bove your peers, You'd be an asingo by your years!-Ben Jonson. Asis, & A Roman coin.-See As. (assister, Fr.) To help; to

AUT, as-sist', v. a.

: to release; to succour.

AISTANCE, 8-sis'tans, s. (French.) Help; aid;

; support; furtherance.

ASSISTANT, as-sis'tant,

mother; an auxiliary:

8.

One who helps or aids

ARISTER, 38-sis tur, 8. He who assists; a helper.

-a. helping; lending aid.

ASSTLESS, as-sistles,

Wanting help.

ASSOCIATOR, as-so-she-a'tur, 8. A confederate. ASSOIL, as'soyl, v. a. (assoiler, old Fr.) To solve; to remove; to answer; to release or set free; to acquit; to pardon; to absolve by confession.

To some bishop we will wend,

Of all the sins that we have done,

To be assoiled at his hand.-Percy's Reliques. ASSONANCE, as'so-nans, s. (French.) Resemblance of sound. In Spanish romantic, dramatic, and, in several kinds of lyric poetry, there is a peculiar correspondence in sound in the termination of verses less complete than rhyme, termed asonancia

assonance.

ASSONANT, as'so-naut, a. (French.) Resembling

another sound.

ASSONATE, as'so-nate, v. n. To sound like a bell. ASSONIA, as-so'ne-a, s. (in honour of Ignatius de Assa.) A genus of plants, consisting of trees from ten to twenty feet in height, natives of the island of Bourbon: Order, Byttneriaceæ. ASSORT, as-sawrt', v. a. (assortir, Fr.) To range in order; to classify; to furnish or store with all sorts. ASSORTMENT, as-sawrt'ment, s. The act of classing or arranging; a mass or quantity properly selected and arranged.

ASSOT, as-sot', v. a. (assoter, Fr.) To infatuate; to besot.-Obsolete.

But whence they sprung, or how they were begot,
Uneath is to assure, uneath to weene

That monstrous errour which doth some assot

Speneer.