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Webster 1913 Edition
Assoil
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.
As-soil′
,Verb.
T.
[Pref.
ad-
+ soil
.] To soil; to stain.
[Obs. or Poet.]
Beau. & Fl.
Ne’er
assoil
my cobwebbed shield. Wordsworth.
Webster 1828 Edition
Assoil
ASSOIL'
,Verb.
T.
ASSOIL'
,Verb.
T.