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And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. 1 John iii. 19.

4. To affiance; to betroth. [Obs.] Shak.

5. (Law) To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss, or to pay a specified sum at death. See Insure.

Syn. -- To declare; aver; avouch; vouch; assert; asseverate; protest; persuade; convince.

As*sured" (&?;), a. Made sure; safe; insured; certain; indubitable; not doubting; bold to excess.

As*sured", n. One whose life or property is insured.

As*sur"ed*ly (&?;), adv. Certainly; indubitably. "The siege assuredly I'll raise." Shak.

As*sur"ed*ness, n. The state of being assured; certainty; full confidence.

As*sur"er (&?;), n. 1. One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter.

2. One who takes out a life assurance policy.

As*sur"gen*cy (&?;), n. Act of rising.

The . . . assurgency of the spirit through the body. Coleridge.

As*sur"gent (&?;), a. [L. assurgens, p. pr. of assurgere; ad + surgere to rise.] Ascending; (Bot.) rising obliquely; curving upward. Gray.

As*sur"ing (&?;), a. That assures; tending to assure; giving confidence. -- As*sur"ing*ly, adv.

As*swage", v. See Assuage.

As*syr"i*an (&?;), a. [L. Assyrius.] Of or pertaining to Assyria, or to its inhabitants. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Assyria; the language of Assyria.

As*syr`i*o*log"ic*al (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to Assyriology; as, Assyriological studies.

As*syr`i*ol"o*gist (&?;), n. One versed in Assyriology; a student of Assyrian archæology.

As*syr`i*ol"o*gy (&?;), n. [Assyria + -logy.] The science or study of the antiquities, language, etc., of ancient Assyria.

As*syth"ment (&?;), n. [From OF. aset, asez, orig. meaning enough. See Assets.] Indemnification for injury; satisfaction. [Chiefly in Scots law]

||As"ta*cus (&?;), n. [L. astacus a crab, Gr. &?;.] (Zoöl.) A genus of crustaceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-water lobster of Europe, and allied species of western North America. See Crawfish.

A*star"board (&?;), adv. (Naut.) Over to the starboard side; -- said of the tiller.

A*start" (&?;), v. t. & i. Same as Astert. [Obs.]

||As*tar"te (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; a Phœnician goddess.] (Zoöl.) A genus of bivalve mollusks, common on the coasts of America and Europe.

A*state" (&?;), n. Estate; state. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A*stat"ic (&?;), a. [Pref. a- not + static.] (Magnetism) Having little or no tendency to take a fixed or definite position or direction: thus, a suspended magnetic needle, when rendered astatic, loses its polarity, or tendency to point in a given direction.

Astatic pair (Magnetism), a pair of magnetic needles so mounted as to be nearly or quite astatic, as in some galvanometers.

A*stat"ic*al*ly (&?;), adv. In an astatic manner.