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Assoil - 4 dictionary results

as⋅soil

[uh-soil]
–verb (used with object) Archaic.
1. to absolve; acquit; pardon.
2. to atone for.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME asoilen < AF asoiler, OF asoilier, var. of asoldre < L absolvere to absolve


as⋅soil⋅ment, noun
as·soil   (ə-soil')   
tr.v.   as·soiled, as·soil·ing, as·soils Archaic
  1. To absolve; pardon.
  2. To atone for.

[Middle English assoilen, from Old French assoldre, assoil-, from Latin absolvere, to set free : ab-, away; see ab-1 + solvere, to loosen; see leu- in Indo-European roots.]
as·soil'ment n.

Assoil

As*soil"\, v. t. [OF. assoiler, absoiler, assoldre, F. absoudre, L. absolvere. See Absolve.]

1. To set free; to release. [Archaic]

Till from her hands the spright assoiled is. --Spenser.

2. To solve; to clear up. [Obs.]

Any child might soon be able to assoil this riddle. --Bp. Jewel.

3. To set free from guilt; to absolve. [Archaic]

Acquitted and assoiled from the guilt. --Dr. H. More.

Many persons think themselves fairly assoiled, because they are . . . not of scandalous lives. --Jer. Taylor.

4. To expiate; to atone for. [Archaic] --Spenser.

Let each act assoil a fault. --E. Arnold.

5. To remove; to put off. [Obs.]

She soundly slept, and careful thoughts did quite assoil. --Spenser.

Assoil

As*soil"\, v. t. [Pref. ad- + soil.] To soil; to stain. [Obs. or Poet.] --Beau. & Fl.

Ne'er assoil my cobwebbed shield. --Wordsworth.
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