Part 719

<syn>Syn. -- To declare; aver; avouch; vouch; assert; asseverate; protest; persuade; convince.</syn>

<h1>Assured</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As*sured"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Made sure; safe; insured; certain; indubitable; not doubting; bold to excess.</def>

<h1>Assured</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As*sured"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One whose life or property is insured.</def>

<h1>Assuredly</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As*sur"ed*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Certainly; indubitably.</def> "The siege <i>assuredly</i> I'll raise."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Assuredness</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As*sur"ed*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being assured; certainty; full confidence.</def>

<h1>Assurer</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As*sur"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who takes out a life assurance policy.</def>

<h1>Assurgency</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As*sur"gen*cy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act of rising.</def>

<blockquote>The . . . <b>assurgency</b> of the spirit through the body. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Assurgent</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As*sur"gent</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>assurgens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>assurgere</ets>; <ets>ad + surgere</ets> to rise.]</ety> <def>Ascending</def>; <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>rising obliquely; curving upward.</def>

<i> Gray.</i>

<h1>Assuring</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As*sur"ing</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That assures; tending to assure; giving confidence.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>As*sur"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Asswage</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As*swage"</hw>, <tt>v.</tt> <def>See <er>Assuage</er>.</def>

<h1>Assyrian</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As*syr"i*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Assyrius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Assyria, or to its inhabitants. -- <tt>n.</tt> A native or an inhabitant of Assyria; the language of Assyria.</def>

<h1>Assyriological</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As*syr`i*o*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Assyriology; <as>as, <ex>Assyriological</ex> studies</as>.</def>

<h1>Assyriologist</h1> <Xpage=93>