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Webster 1913 Edition

Assiento

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Asˊsi-en′to

,
Noun.
[Sp.
asiento
seat, contract or agreement, fr.
asentar
to place on a chair, to adjust, to make an agreement;
a
(L.
ad
) +
sentar
, a participial verb; as if there were a L.
sedentare
to cause to sit, fr.
sedens
,
sedentis
, p. pr. of
sed[GREEK]re
to sit.]
A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for furnishing negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, esp. the contract made with Great Britain in 1713.

Webster 1828 Edition

Assiento

ASSIENT'O

,
Noun.
[L. assideo.]
A contract or convention between the king of Spain and other powers, for furnishing slaves for the Spanish dominions in south America.

Definition 2024

assiento

assiento

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Noun

assiento ‎(plural assientos or assientoes)

  1. (historical) A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for furnishing Negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, especially the contract made with Great Britain in 1713.

Etymology

From Spanish asiento ‎(“seat, contract or agreement”), from asentar ‎(“to place on a chair, to adjust, to make an agreement”), from a- + sentar ‎(“a participial verb”), from Latin ad + *sedentare ‎(“to cause to sit”), from sedens, sedentis.

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