Assayer As新ay"er noun One who assays. Specifically: One who examines metallic ores or compounds, for the purpose of determining the amount of any particular metal in the same, especially of gold or silver.

Assaying As新ay"ing noun The act or process of testing, esp. of analyzing or examining metals and ores, to determine the proportion of pure metal.

Asse Asse noun (Zoology) A small foxlike animal ( Vulpes cama ) of South Africa, valued for its fur.

Assecuration As`se搾u斟a"tion noun [ Late Latin assecuratio , from assecurare .] Assurance; certainty. [ Obsolete]

Assecure As`se搾ure" transitive verb [ Late Latin assecurare .] To make sure or safe; to assure. [ Obsolete] Hooker.

Assecution As`se搾u"tion noun [ French ass嶰ution , from Latin assequi to obtain; ad + sequi to follow.] An obtaining or acquiring. [ Obsolete] Ayliffe.

Assegai As"se搽ai noun Same as Assagai .

Assemblage As新em"blage noun [ Confer French assemblage . See Assemble .] 1. The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association.

In sweet assemblage every blooming grace.
Fenton.

2. A collection of individuals, or of individuals, or of particular things; as, a political assemblage ; an assemblage of ideas.

Syn. -- Company; group; collection; concourse; gathering; meeting; convention. Assemblage , Assembly . An assembly consists only of persons; an assemblage may be composed of things as well as persons, as, an assemblage of incoherent objects. Nor is every assemblage of persons an assembly ; since the latter term denotes a body who have met, and are acting, in concert for some common end, such as to hear, to deliberate, to unite in music, dancing, etc. An assemblage of skaters on a lake, or of horse jockeys at a race course, is not an assembly , but might be turned into one by collecting into a body with a view to discuss and decide as to some object of common interest.

Assemblance As新em"blance noun [ Confer Old French assemblance .] 1. Resemblance; likeness; appearance. [ Obsolete]

Care I for the . . . stature, bulk, and big assemblance of a man? Give me the spirit.
Shak.

2. An assembling; assemblage. [ Obsolete]

To weete [ know] the cause of their assemblance .
Spenser.

Assemble As新em"ble transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Assembled ; present participle & verbal noun Assembling ] [ French assembler , from Late Latin assimulare to bring together to collect; Latin ad + simul together; akin to similis like, Greek ... at the same time, and English same . Confer Assimilate , Same .] To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate.

Thither he assembled all his train.
Milton.

All the men of Israel assembled themselves.
1 Kings viii. 2.

Assemble As新em"ble intransitive verb To meet or come together, as a number of individuals; to convene; to congregate. Dryden.

The Parliament assembled in November.
W. Massey.

Assemble As新em"ble intransitive verb To liken; to compare. [ Obsolete]

Bribes may be assembled to pitch.
Latimer.

Assemble As新em"ble transitive verb To collect and put together the parts of; as, to assemble a bicycle, watch, gun, or other manufactured article.

Assembler As新em"bler noun One who assembles a number of individuals; also, one of a number assembled.

Assembly As新em"bly noun ; plural Assemblies [ French assembl嶪 , from assembler . See Assemble .] 1. A company of persons collected together in one place, and usually for some common purpose, esp. for deliberation and legislation, for worship, or for social entertainment.

2. A collection of inanimate objects. [ Obsolete] Howell.

3. (Mil.) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.

» In some of the United States, the legislature, or the popular branch of it, is called the Assembly , or the General Assembly . In the Presbyterian Church, the General Assembly is the highest ecclesiastical tribunal, composed of ministers and ruling elders delegated from each presbytery; as, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, or of Scotland.

Assembly room , a room in which persons assemble, especially for dancing. -- Unlawful assembly (Law) , a meeting of three or more persons on a common plan, in such a way as to cause a reasonable apprehension that they will disturb the peace tumultuously. -- Westminster Assembly , a convocation, consisting chiefly of divines, which, by act of Parliament, assembled July 1, 1643, and remained in session some years. It framed the "Confession of Faith," the "Larger Catechism," and the "Shorter Catechism," which are still received as authority by Presbyterians, and are substantially accepted by Congregationalists.

Syn. -- See Assemblage .

Assemblyman As新em"bly搶an (ăs*sĕm"blȳ*m a n) noun ; plural Assemblymen (- m e n). A member of an assembly, especially of the lower branch of a state legislature.

Assent As新ent" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Assented ; present participle & verbal noun Assenting .] [ French assentir , Latin assentire , assentiri ; ad + sentire to feel, think. See Sense .] To admit a thing as true; to express one's agreement, acquiescence, concurrence, or concession.

Who informed the governor . . . And the Jews also assented , saying that these things were so.
Acts xxiv. 9.

The princess assented to all that was suggested.
Macaulay.

Syn. -- To yield; agree; acquiesce; concede; concur.

Assent As新ent" noun [ Middle English assent , from assentir . See Assent , v. ] The act of assenting; the act of the mind in admitting or agreeing to anything; concurrence with approval; consent; agreement; acquiescence.

Faith is the assent to any proposition, on the credit of the proposer.
Locke.

The assent , if not the approbation, of the prince.
Prescott.

Too many people read this ribaldry with assent and admiration.
Macaulay.

Royal assent , in England, the assent of the sovereign to a bill which has passed both houses of Parliament, after which it becomes law.

Syn. -- Concurrence; acquiescence; approval; accord. -- Assent , Consent . Assent is an act of the understanding, consent of the will or feelings. We assent to the views of others when our minds come to the same conclusion with theirs as to what is true, right, or admissible. We consent when there is such a concurrence of our will with their desires and wishes that we decide to comply with their requests. The king of England gives his assent , not his consent , to acts of Parliament, because, in theory at least, he is not governed by personal feelings or choice, but by a deliberate, judgment as to the common good. We also use assent in cases where a proposal is made which involves but little interest or feeling. A lady may assent to a gentleman's opening the window; but if he offers himself in marriage, he must wait for her consent .

Assentation As`sen暗a"tion noun [ Latin assentatio . See Assent , v.] Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence.

Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust.
Ld. Chesterfield.

Assentator As`sen暗a"tor noun [ Latin , from assentari to assent constantly.] An obsequious; a flatterer. [ R.]

Assentatory As新ent"a暗o斟y adjective Flattering; obsequious. [ Obsolete] -- As*sent"a*to*ri*ly , adverb [ Obsolete]

Assenter As新ent"er noun One who assents.

Assentient As新en"tient adjective Assenting.

Assenting As新ent"ing adjective Giving or implying assent. -- As*sent"ing*ly , adverb

Assentive As新ent"ive adjective Giving assent; of the nature of assent; complying. -- As*sent"ive*ness , noun

Assentment As新ent"ment noun Assent; agreement. [ Obsolete]

Assert As新ert" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Asserted ; present participle & verbal noun Asserting .] [ Latin assertus , past participle of asserere to join or fasten to one's self, claim, maintain; ad + serere to join or bind together. See Series .] 1. To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.

Nothing is more shameful . . . than to assert anything to be done without a cause.
Ray.

2. To maintain; to defend. [ Obsolete or Archaic]

That . . . I may assert Eternal Providence,
And justify the ways of God to men.
Milton.

I will assert it from the scandal.
Jer. Taylor.

3. To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties.

To assert one's self , to claim or vindicate one's rights or position; to demand recognition.

Syn. -- To affirm; aver; asseverate; maintain; protest; pronounce; declare; vindicate. -- To Assert , Affirm , Maintain , Vindicate . To assert is to fasten to one's self, and hence to claim . It is, therefore, adversative in its nature. We assert our rights and privileges, or the cause of tree institutions, as against opposition or denial. To affirm is to declare as true. We assert boldly; we affirm positively. To maintain is to uphold, and insist upon with earnestness, whatever we have once asserted; as, to maintain one's cause, to maintain an argument, to maintain the ground we have taken. To vindicate is to use language and measures of the strongest kind, in defense of ourselves and those for whom we act. We maintain our assertions by adducing proofs, facts, or arguments; we are ready to vindicate our rights or interests by the utmost exertion of our powers.

Asserter As新ert"er noun One who asserts; one who avers pr maintains; an assertor.

The inflexible asserter of the rights of the church.
Milman.

Assertion As新er"tion noun [ Latin assertio , from asserere .] 1. The act of asserting, or that which is asserted; positive declaration or averment; affirmation; statement asserted; position advanced.

There is a difference between assertion and demonstration.
Macaulay.

2. Maintenance; vindication; as, the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives.

Assertive As新ert"ive adjective Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.

In a confident and assertive form.
Glanvill.

Assertor As新ert"or noun [ Latin , from asserere .] One who asserts or avers; one who maintains or vindicates a claim or a right; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator; a defender; an asserter.

The assertors of liberty said not a word.
Macaulay.

Faithful assertor of thy country's cause.
Prior.

Assertorial As`ser暗o"ri戢l adjective Asserting that a thing is ; -- opposed to problematical and apodeictical .

Assertory As新ert"o斟y adjective [ Latin assertorius , from asserere .] Affirming; maintaining.

Arguments . . . assertory , not probatory.
Jer. Taylor.

An assertory , not a promissory, declaration.
Bentham.

A proposition is assertory , when it enounces what is known as actual.
Sir W. Hamilton.

Assess As新ess" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Assessed ; present participle & verbal noun Assessing .] [ Old French assesser to regulate, settle, Late Latin assessare to value for taxation, from Latin assidere , supine as if assessum , to sit by, esp. of judges in a court, in Late Latin to assess, tax. Confer Assize , v. , Cess .] 1. To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.

2. To apportion a sum to be paid by (a person, a community, or an estate), in the nature of a tax, fine, etc.; to impose a tax upon (a person, an estate, or an income) according to a rate or apportionment.

3. To determine and impose a tax or fine upon (a person, community, estate, or income); to tax; as, the club assessed each member twenty-five cents.

4. To fix or determine the rate or amount of.

This sum is assessed and raised upon individuals by commissioners in the act.
Blackstone.

Assessable As新ess"a搓le adjective Liable to be assessed or taxed; as, assessable property.

Assessee As`sess搪e" noun One who is assessed.

Assession As新es"sion noun [ Latin assessio , from assid...re to sit by or near; ad + sed...re to sit. See Sit .] A sitting beside or near.

Assessment As新ess"ment noun [ Late Latin assessamentum .] 1. The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.

2. A valuation of property or profits of business, for the purpose of taxation; such valuation and an adjudging of the proper sum to be levied on the property; as, an assessment of property or an assessment on property.

» An assessment is a valuation made by authorized persons according to their discretion, as opposed to a sum certain or determined by law. It is a valuation of the property of those who are to pay the tax, for the purpose of fixing the proportion which each man shall pay. Blackstone. Burrill.

3. The specific sum levied or assessed.

4. An apportionment of a subscription for stock into successive installments; also, one of these installments (in England termed a "call"). [ U. S.]

Assessor As新ess"or noun [ Latin , one who sits beside, the assistant of a judge, from assid...re . See Assession . Late Latin , one who arranges of determines the taxes, from assid...re . See Assess , v. , and confer Cessor .] 1. One appointed or elected to assist a judge or magistrate with his special knowledge of the subject to be decided; as legal assessors , nautical assessors . Mozley & W.

2. One who sits by another, as next in dignity, or as an assistant and adviser; an associate in office.

Whence to his Son,
The assessor of his throne, he thus began.
Milton.

With his ignorance, his inclinations, and his fancy, as his assessors in judgment.
I. Taylor.

3. One appointed to assess persons or property for the purpose of taxation. Bouvier.

Assessorial As`ses新o"ri戢l adjective [ Confer French assessorial , from Latin assessor .] Of or pertaining to an assessor, or to a court of assessors. Coxe.

Assessorship As新ess"or新hip noun The office or function of an assessor.

Asset As"set noun Any article or separable part of one's assets.

Assets As"sets noun plural [ Old French asez enough, French assez , from Latin ad + satis , akin to Greek ... enough, Goth. saps full. Confer Assai , Satisfy .] 1. (Law) (a) Property of a deceased person, subject by law to the payment of his debts and legacies; - - called assets because sufficient to render the executor or administrator liable to the creditors and legatees, so far as such goods or estate may extend. Story. Blackstone. (b) Effects of an insolvent debtor or bankrupt, applicable to the payment of debts.

2. The entire property of all sorts, belonging to a person, a corporation, or an estate; as, the assets of a merchant or a trading association; -- opposed to liabilities .

» In balancing accounts the assets are put on the Cr. side and the debts on the Dr. side.

Assever As新ev"er transitive verb [ Confer Old French asseverer , from Latin asseverare .] See Asseverate . [ Archaic]

Asseverate As新ev"er戢te transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Asseverated ; present participle & verbal noun Asseverating ] [ Latin asseveratus , past participle of asseverare to assert seriously or earnestly; ad + severus . See Severe .] To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity.

Syn. -- To affirm; aver; protest; declare. See Affirm .

Asseveration As新ev`er戢"tion noun [ Latin asseveratio .] The act of asseverating, or that which is asseverated; positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration.

Another abuse of the tongue I might add, -- vehement asseverations upon slight and trivial occasions.
Ray.

Asseverative As新ev"er戢暗ive adjective Characterized by asseveration; asserting positively.

Asseveratory As新ev"er戢暗o斟y adjective Asseverative.

Assibilate As新ib"i損ate transitive verb [ Latin assibilatus , past participle of assibilare to hiss out; ad + sibilare to hiss.] To make sibilant; to change to a sibilant. J. Peile.

Assibilation As新ib`i損a"tion noun Change of a non- sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of - tion to - shun , duke to ditch .

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