English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
Dictionary
Assoil
(v. t.)
To set free from guilt; to absolve.
Assoil
(v. t.)
To solve; to clear up.
Assoil
(v. t.)
To set free; to release.
Assoilment
(n.)
A soiling; defilement.
Assoilment
(n.)
Act of assoiling, or state of being assoiled;
absolution; acquittal.
Assoilyie
(v. t.)
To absolve; to acquit by sentence of court.
Assoilzie
(v. t.)
Alt. of Assoilyie
Assonance
(n.)
Incomplete correspondence.
Assonance
(n.)
A peculiar species of rhyme, in which the last acce`ted
vow`l and tnose whioh follow it in one word correspond in sound with
the vowels of another word, while the consonants of the two words are
unlike in sound; as, calamo and platano, baby and chary.
Assonance
(n.)
Resemblance of sound.
Assonant
(a.)
Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called
assonance; not consonant.
Assonant
(a.)
Having a resemblance of sounds.
Assonantal
(a.)
Assonant.
Assonate
(v. i.)
To correspond in sound.
Assort
(v. t.)
To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a
variety of goods; as, to assort a cargo.
Assort
(v. i.)
To agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit;
to fall into a class or place.
Assort
(v. t.)
To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a
like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose;
to classify; as, to assort goods. [Rarely applied to persons.]
Assorted
(imp. & p. p.)
of Assort
Assorted
(a.)
Selected; culled.
Assorting
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Assort