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Assoil   Listen
verb
Assoil  v. t.  
1.
To set free; to release. (Archaic) "Till from her hands the spright assoiled is."
2.
To solve; to clear up. (Obs.) "Any child might soon be able to assoil this riddle."
3.
To set free from guilt; to absolve. (Archaic) "Acquitted and assoiled from the guilt." "Many persons think themselves fairly assoiled, because they are... not of scandalous lives."
4.
To expiate; to atone for. (Archaic) "Let each act assoil a fault."
5.
To remove; to put off. (Obs.) "She soundly slept, and careful thoughts did quite assoil."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Assoil" Quotes from Famous Books



... is still more repulsive. She tells us, in the prologue to her story, that she has buried five husbands, and, buxom still, is looking for the sixth. She is a jolly compagnon de voyage, had been thrice to Jerusalem, and is now seeking assoil for some little sins at Canterbury. And the host's wife, as he describes her, is not by any means a pleasant helpmeet for an honest man. The host is out of her hearing, or he would not be so ready to tell ...
— English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History - Designed as a Manual of Instruction • Henry Coppee



Words linked to "Assoil" :   judge, exculpate, discharge, convict, whitewash, evaluate, pronounce, acquit, exonerate



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