Part 713

<blockquote>Till from her hands the spright <b>assoiled</b> is. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To solve; to clear up.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Any child might soon be able to <b>assoil</b> this riddle. <i>Bp. Jewel.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To set free from guilt; to absolve.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>Acquitted and <b>assoiled</b> from the guilt. <i>Dr. H. More.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Many persons think themselves fairly <b>assoiled</b>, because they are . . . not of scandalous lives. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To expiate; to atone for.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<blockquote>Let each act <b>assoil</b> a fault. <i>E. Arnold.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To remove; to put off.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>She soundly slept, and careful thoughts did quite <b>assoil</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Assoil</h1> <Xpage=92>

<hw>As*soil"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ad-</ets> + <ets>soil</ets>.]</ety> <def>To soil; to stain.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Poet.]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<blockquote>Ne'er <b>assoil</b> my cobwebbed shield. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Assoilment</h1> <Xpage=92>

<hw>As*soil"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act of assoiling, or state of being assoiled; absolution; acquittal.</def>

<h1>Assoilment</h1> <Xpage=92>

<hw>As*soil"ment</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A soiling; defilement.</def>

<mhw><h1>Assoilzie, Assoilyie</h1> <Xpage=92>

<hw>As*soil"zie</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>As*soil"yie</hw></mhw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Old form <ets>assoil<?/e</ets>. See <er>Assoil</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>To absolve; to acquit by sentence of court.</def>

<blockquote>God <b>assoilzie</b> him for the sin of bloodshed. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Assonance</h1> <Xpage=92>

<hw>As"so*nance</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>assonance</ets>. See <er>Assonant</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Resemblance of sound.</def> "The disagreeable <i>assonance</i> of <?/sheath' and <?/sheathed.'"

<i>Steevens.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <def>A peculiar species of rhyme, in which the last accented vowel and those which 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>as, <ex>calamo</ex> and <ex>platano</ex>, <ex>baby</ex> and <ex>chary</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>assonance</b> is peculiar to the Spaniard. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Incomplete correspondence.</def>