English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Assart
(n.)
A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for
cultivation; a clearing.
Assart
(v. t.)
To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to
assart land or trees.
Assassin
(n.)
One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret
assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense.
Assassin
(v. t.)
To assassinate.
Assassinate
(v. t.)
To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by
treacherous violence.
Assassinate
(v. t.)
To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended
meaning, to maltreat exceedingly.
Assassinate
(n.)
An assassination, murder, or murderous assault.
Assassinate
(n.)
An assassin.
Assassinated
(imp. & p. p.)
of Assassinate
Assassinating
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Assassinate
Assassination
(n.)
The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous
violence.
Assassinator
(n.)
An assassin.
Assassinous
(a.)
Murderous.
Assastion
(n.)
Roasting.
Assault
(n.)
To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men;
to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces.
Assault
(n.)
To attack with moral means, or with a view of producing
moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures;
to assail; as, to assault a reputation or an administration.
Assault
(n.)
An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force
or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat
another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his
person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or
by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it
is a battery.
Assault
(n.)
A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words,
arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the
prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government.
Assault
(n.)
A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows,
weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force;
onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town.
Assaultable
(a.)
Capable of being assaulted.