Associable As新o"cia搓le adjective [ See
Associate .]
1. Capable of being associated or joined. We know feelings to be associable only by the proved ability of one to revive another.
H. Spencer.
2. Sociable; companionable. [ Obsolete]
3. (Medicine) Liable to be affected by sympathy with other parts; -- said of organs, nerves, muscles, etc. The stomach, the most associable of all the organs of the animal body.
Med. Rep.
Associableness As新o"cia搓le搖ess noun Associability.
Associate As新o"ci戢te transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Associated ;
present participle & verbal noun Associating ] [ Latin
associatus , past participle of
associare ;
ad +
sociare to join or unite,
socius companion. See
Social .]
1. To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise. 2. To join or connect; to combine in acting; as, particles of gold associated with other substances. 3. To connect or place together in thought. He succeeded in associating his name inseparably with some names which will last as long as our language.
Macaulay.
4. To accompany; to keep company with. [ Obsolete]
Friends should associate friends in grief and woe.
Shak.
Associate As新o"ci戢te intransitive verb 1. To unite in company; to keep company, implying intimacy; as, congenial minds are disposed to associate . 2. To unite in action, or to be affected by the action of a different part of the body. E. Darwin.
Associate As新o"ci戢te adjective [ Latin
associatus , past participle ]
1. Closely connected or joined with some other, as in interest, purpose, employment, or office; sharing responsibility or authority; as, an associate judge. While I descend . . . to my associate powers.
Milton.
2. Admitted to some, but not to all, rights and privileges; as, an associate member. 3. (Physiol.) Connected by habit or sympathy; as, associate motions, such as occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions. E. Darwin.
Associate As新o"ci戢te noun 1. A companion; one frequently in company with another, implying intimacy or equality; a mate; a fellow. 2. A partner in interest, as in business; or a confederate in a league. 3. One connected with an association or institution without the full rights or privileges of a regular member; as, an associate of the Royal Academy. 4. Anything closely or usually connected with another; an concomitant. The one [ idea] no sooner comes into the understanding, than its associate appears with it.
Locke.
Syn. -- Companion; mate; fellow; friend; ally; partner; coadjutor; comrade; accomplice.
Associated As新o"ci戢`ted adjective Joined as a companion; brought into association; accompanying; combined. Associated movements (Physiol.) ,
consensual movements which accompany voluntary efforts without our consciousness. Dunglison.
Associateship As新o"ci戢te新hip noun The state of an associate, as in Academy or an office.
Association As新o`ci戢"tion noun [ Confer French
association , Late Latin
associatio , from Latin
associare .]
1. The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things. "Some . . . bond of
association ."
Hooker. Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God.
Boyle.
2. Mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or associated with a thing. Words . . . must owe their powers association .
Johnson.
Why should . . . the holiest words, with all their venerable associations , be profaned?
Coleridge.
3. Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a benevolent association . Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches. Association of ideas (Physiol.) ,
the combination or connection of states of mind or their objects with one another, as the result of which one is said to be revived or represented by means of the other. The relations according to which they are thus connected or revived are called the law of association . Prominent among them are reckoned the relations of time and place, and of cause and effect. Porter.
Associational As新o`ci戢"tion戢l adjective 1. Of or pertaining to association, or to an association. 2. Pertaining to the theory held by the associationists.
Associationism As新o`ci戢"tion搏sm noun (Philos.) The doctrine or theory held by associationists.
Associationist As新o`ci戢"tion搏st noun (Philos.) One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas; e. g. , Hartley, J. C. Mill.
Associative As新o"ci戢暗ive adjective Having the quality of associating; tending or leading to association; as, the associative faculty. Hugh Miller.
Associator As新o"ci戢`tor noun An associate; a confederate or partner in any scheme. How Pennsylvania's air agrees with Quakers,
And Carolina's with associators .
Dryden.
Assoil As新oil" transitive verb [ Old French
assoiler ,
absoiler ,
assoldre , French
absoudre , Latin
absolvere . See
Absolve .]
1. To set free; to release. [ Archaic]
Till from her hands the spright assoiled is.
Spenser.
2. To solve; to clear up. [ Obsolete]
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. [ Obsolete]
She soundly slept, and careful thoughts did quite assoil .
Spenser.
Assoil As新oil" transitive verb [ Prefix
ad- +
soil .]
To soil; to stain. [ Obsolete or Poet.]
Beau. & Fl. Ne'er assoil my cobwebbed shield.
Wordsworth.
Assoilment As新oil"ment noun Act of assoiling, or state of being assoiled; absolution; acquittal.
Assoilment As新oil"ment noun A soiling; defilement.
Assoilzie, Assoilyie As新oil"zie, As新oil"yie transitive verb [ Old form
assoilʒe . See
Assoil .]
(Scots Law) To absolve; to acquit by sentence of court. God assoilzie him for the sin of bloodshed.
Sir W. Scott.
Assonance As"so搖ance noun [ Confer French
assonance . See
Assonant .]
1. Resemblance of sound. "The disagreeable
assonance of ‘sheath' and ‘sheathed.'"
Steevens. 2. (Pros.) A peculiar species of rhyme, in which the last acce`ted vow`l and tnose whioh follow it in one word correspond in sound with the vowels of another word, while the consonants of the two words are unlike in sound; as, calamo and platano , baby and chary . The assonance is peculiar to the Spaniard.
Hallam.
3. Incomplete correspondence. Assonance between facts seemingly remote.
Lowell.
Assonant As"so搖ant adjective [ Latin
assonans , present participle of
assonare to sound to, to correspond to in sound;
ad +
sonare to sound,
sonus sound: confer French
assonant . See
Sound .]
1. Having a resemblance of sounds. 2. (Pros.) Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called assonance ; not consonant.
Assonantal As`so搖an"tal adjective Assonant.
Assonate As"so搖ate intransitive verb [ Latin
assonare ,
assonatum , to respond to.]
To correspond in sound.
Assort As新ort" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Assorted ;
present participle & verbal noun Assorting .] [ French
assortir ;
... (L.
ad ) +
sortir to cast or draw lots, to obtain by lot, Latin
sortiri , from
sors ,
sortis , lot. See
Sort .]
1. To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to assort goods. [ Rarely applied to persons.] They appear . . . no ways assorted to those with whom they must associate.
Burke.
2. To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods; as, to assort a cargo.
Assort As新ort" intransitive verb To agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to fall into a class or place. Mitford.
Assorted As新ort"ed (ăs*s皾t"ĕd)
adjective Selected; culled.
Assortment As新ort"ment (-m
e nt)
noun [ Confer French
assortiment .]
1. Act of assorting, or distributing into sorts, kinds, or classes. 2. A collection or quantity of things distributed into kinds or sorts; a number of things assorted. 3. A collection containing a variety of sorts or kinds adapted to various wants, demands, or purposes; as, an assortment of goods.
Assot As新ot" transitive verb [ Old French
asoter , French
assoter ; ... (L.
ad ) +
sot stupid. See
Sot .]
To besot; to befool; to beguile; to infatuate. [ Obsolete]
Some ecstasy assotted had his sense.
Spenser.
Assot As新ot" adjective Dazed; foolish; infatuated. [ Obsolete]
Willie, I ween thou be assot .
Spenser.
Assuage As新uage" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Assuaged ;
present participle & verbal noun Assuaging ] [ Middle English
asuagen ,
aswagen , Old French
asoagier ,
asuagier , from
assouagier , from Latin
ad +
suavis sweet. See
Sweet .]
To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire. Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage .
Addison.
To assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man
Burke.
The fount at which the panting mind assuages
Her thirst of knowledge.
Byron.
Syn. -- To alleviate; mitigate; appease; soothe; calm; tranquilize; relieve. See
Alleviate .
Assuage As新uage" intransitive verb To abate or subside. [ Archaic] "The waters
assuaged ."
Gen. vii. 1. The plague being come to a crisis, its fury began to assuage .
De Foe.
Assuagement As新uage"ment noun [ Old French
assouagement ,
asuagement .]
Mitigation; abatement.
Assuager As新ua"ger noun One who, or that which, assuages.
Assuasive As新ua"sive adjective [ From
assuage , as if this were from a supposed Latin
assuadere to persuade to; or from E. prefix
ad +
-suasive as in per
suasive .]
Mitigating; tranquilizing; soothing. [ R.]
Music her soft assuasive voice applies.
Pope.
Assubjugate As新ub"ju搽ate transitive verb [ Prefix
ad- +
subjugate .]
To bring into subjection. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Assuefaction As`sue搭ac"tion noun [ Latin
assuefacere to accustom to;
assuetus (past participle of
assuescere to accustom to) +
facere to make; confer Old French
assuefaction .]
The act of accustoming, or the state of being accustomed; habituation. [ Obsolete]
Custom and studies efform the soul like wax, and by assuefaction introduce a nature.
Jer. Taylor.
Assuetude As"sue暗ude noun [ Latin
assuetudo , from
assuetus accustomed.]
Accustomedness; habit; habitual use. Assuetude of things hurtful doth make them lose their force to hurt.
Bacon.
Assumable As新um"a搓le adjective That may be assumed.
Assumably As新um"a搓ly adverb By way of assumption.
Assume As新ume" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Assumed ;
present participle & verbal noun Assuming .] [ Latin
assumere ;
ad +
sumere to take;
sub +
emere to take, buy: confer French
assumer . See
Redeem .]
1. To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly. Trembling they stand while Jove assumes the throne.
Pope.
The god assumed his native form again.
Pope.
2. To take for granted, or without proof; to suppose as a fact; to suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively. The consequences of assumed principles.
Whewell.
3. To pretend to possess; to take in appearance. Ambition assuming the mask of religion.
Porteus.
Assume a virtue, if you have it not.
Shak.
4. To receive or adopt. The sixth was a young knight of lesser renown and lower rank, assumed into that honorable company.
Sir W. Scott.
Syn. -- To arrogate; usurp; appropriate.
Assume As新ume" intransitive verb 1. To be arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than is due. Bp. Burnet. 2. (Law) To undertake, as by a promise. Burrill.
Assumed As新umed" adjective 1. Supposed. 2. Pretended; hypocritical; make-believe; as, an assumed character.
Assumedly As新um"ed損y adverb By assumption.
Assument As新um"ent noun [ Latin
assumentum , from
ad +
suere to sew.]
A patch; an addition; a piece put on. [ Obsolete]
John Lewis (1731).
Assumer As新um"er noun One who assumes, arrogates, pretends, or supposes. W. D. Whitney.
Assuming As新um"ing adjective Pretentious; taking much upon one's self; presumptuous. Burke.
Assumpsit As新ump"sit noun [ Latin , he undertook, pret. of Latin
assumere . See
Assume .]
(Law) (a) A promise or undertaking, founded on a consideration. This promise may be oral or in writing not under seal. It may be express or implied. (b) An action to recover damages for a breach or nonperformance of a contract or promise, express or implied, oral or in writing not under seal. Common or indebitatus assumpsit is brought for the most part on an implied promise. Special assumpsit is founded on an express promise or undertaking. Wharton.
Assumpt As新umpt" transitive verb [ Latin
assumptus , past participle of
assumere . See
Assume .]
To take up; to elevate; to assume. [ Obsolete]
Sheldon.
Assumpt As新umpt" noun [ Latin
assumptum , past participle neut. of
assumere .]
That which is assumed; an assumption. [ Obsolete]
The sun of all your assumpts is this.
Chillingworth.
Assumption As新ump"tion noun [ Middle English
assumpcioun a taking up into heaven, Latin
assumptio a taking, from
assumere : confer French
assomption . See
Assume .]
1. The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting. The assumption of authority.
Whewell.
2. The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim. This gives no sanction to the unwarrantable assumption that the soul sleeps from the period of death to the resurrection of the body.
Thodey.
That calm assumption of the virtues.
W. Black.
3. The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition. Hold! says the Stoic; your assumption's wrong.
Dryden.
4. (Logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism. 5. The taking of a person up into heaven. Hence:
(Rom. Cath. & Greek Churches) A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
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