ASSECURATION — ASSUASIVE

ASSECURATION — ASSUASIVE NWAD ASSECURATION.1

ASSECURATION, n. assurance; a making secure. [Not used.] NWAD ASSECURATION.1

ASSECURE, v.t. To secure. [Not used.] NWAD ASSECURE.1

ASSECUTION, n. [L. assequor.] an obtaining or acquiring. NWAD ASSECUTION.1

ASSEMBLAGE, n. NWAD ASSEMBLAGE.1

1. A collection of individuals, or of particular things; the state of being assembled. NWAD ASSEMBLAGE.2

2. Rarely, the act of assembling. NWAD ASSEMBLAGE.3

ASSEMBLANCE, n. Representation; an assembling. [Not in use.] NWAD ASSEMBLANCE.1

ASSEMBLE, v.t. [L. simul.] NWAD ASSEMBLE.1

To collect a number of individuals or particulars into one place, or body; to bring or call togethe; to convene; to congregate. NWAD ASSEMBLE.2

ASSEMBLE, v.i. To meet or come together; to convene, as a number of individuals. NWAD ASSEMBLE.3

ASSEMBLED, pp. collected into a body; congregated. NWAD ASSEMBLED.1

ASSEMBLER, n. One who assembles. NWAD ASSEMBLER.1

ASSEMBLING, ppr. Coming together; collecting into one place. NWAD ASSEMBLING.1

ASSEMBLING, n. A collection or meeting together. Hebrews 10:25. NWAD ASSEMBLING.2

ASSEMBLY, n. NWAD ASSEMBLY.1

1. A company or collection of individuals, in the same place; usually for the same purpose. NWAD ASSEMBLY.2

2. A congregation or religious society convened. NWAD ASSEMBLY.3

3. In some of the United States, the legislature, consisting of different houses or branches, whether in session or not. In some states, the popular branch or House of Representatives is denominated an assembly. [See the constitutions of the several states.] NWAD ASSEMBLY.4

4. a collection of persons for amusement; as a dancing assembly. NWAD ASSEMBLY.5

5. A convocation, convention or council of ministers and ruling elders delegated from each presbytery; as the General Assembly of Scotland or of the United States. NWAD ASSEMBLY.6

6. In armies, the second beating of the drum before a march, when the soldiers strike their tents. NWAD ASSEMBLY.7

7. An assemblage. [Not in use.] NWAD ASSEMBLY.8

ASSEMBLY-ROOM, n. a room in which persons assemble. NWAD ASSEMBLY-ROOM.1

ASSENT, n. [L. assensus, from assentior, to assent, of ad and sentio, to thing.] NWAD ASSENT.1

1. The act of the mind in admitting, or agreeing to, the truth of a proposition. NWAD ASSENT.2

Faith is the assent to any proposition, on the credit of the proposer. NWAD ASSENT.3

2. Consent; agreement to a proposal, respecting some right or interest; as, the bill before the house has the assent of a great majority of the members. NWAD ASSENT.4

The distinction between assent and consent seems to be this: assent is the agreement to an abstract proposition. We assent to a statement, but we do not consent to it. Consent is an agreement to some proposal or measure which affects the rights or interest of the consenter. We consent to a proposal of marriage. This distinction however is not always observed. [See Consent.] NWAD ASSENT.5

3. Accord; agreement. 2 Chronicles 18:12. NWAD ASSENT.6

ASSENT, v.i. To admit as true; to agree, yield or concede, or rather to express an agreement of the mind to what is alleged, or proposed. NWAD ASSENT.7

The Jews also assented, saying these things are so. Acts 24:9. NWAD ASSENT.8

It is sometimes used for consent, or an agreement to something affecting the rights or interest of the person assenting. But to assent to the marriage of a daughter is less correct than to consent. NWAD ASSENT.9

ASSENTATION, n. [L. assentatio, from assentor, to comply.] NWAD ASSENTATION.1

Compliance with the opinion of another, from flattery or dissimulation. NWAD ASSENTATION.2

ASSENTATOR, n. A flatterer. NWAD ASSENTATOR.1

ASSENTATORILY, adv. With adulation. [Not in use.] NWAD ASSENTATORILY.1

ASSENTER, n. One who assents, agrees to, or admits. NWAD ASSENTER.1

ASSENTING, ppr. Agreeing to, or admitting as true; yielding to. NWAD ASSENTING.1

ASSENTINGLY, adv. In a manner to express assent; by agreement. NWAD ASSENTINGLY.1

ASSENTMENT, a. Assent; agreement. [Rarely used.] NWAD ASSENTMENT.1

ASSERT, v.t. [L. assero, assertum, to claim or challenge, to maintain or assert; of ad and sero. The sense of sero is to sow, properly to throw or set. To assert is to throw or set firmly.] NWAD ASSERT.1

1. To affirm positively; to declare with assurance; to aver. NWAD ASSERT.2

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

ASSERTED, pp. Affirmed positively; maintained; vindicated. NWAD ASSERTED.1

ASSERTING, ppr. Declaring with confidence; maintaining; defending. NWAD ASSERTING.1

ASSERTION, n. NWAD ASSERTION.1

1. The act of asserting; the maintaining of a claim. NWAD ASSERTION.2

2. Positive declaration or averment; affirmation; position advanced. NWAD ASSERTION.3

ASSERTIVE, a. Positive; affirming confidently; peremptory. NWAD ASSERTIVE.1

ASSERTIVELY, adv. Affirmatively NWAD ASSERTIVELY.1

ASSERTOR, n. One who affirms positively; one who maintains or vindicates a claim; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator. NWAD ASSERTOR.1

ASSERTORY, a. Affirming; maintaining. NWAD ASSERTORY.1

ASSESS, v.t. [L. assideo, ad and sedeo.] NWAD ASSESS.1

1. To set, fix or charge a certain sum upon one, as a tax; as, to assess each citizen in due proportion. NWAD ASSESS.2

2. To value; to fix the value of property, for the purpose of being taxed; as by the law of the United States. Also, to value or fix the profits of business, for the purpose of taxation. NWAD ASSESS.3

3. To set, fix or ascertain; as, it is the province of a jury to assess damages. NWAD ASSESS.4

ASSESS, n. Assessment. [Not used.] NWAD ASSESS.5

ASSESSABLE, a. That may be assessed. NWAD ASSESSABLE.1

ASSESSED, pp. Charged with a certain sum; valued; set; fixed; ascertained. NWAD ASSESSED.1

ASSESSING, ppr. Charging with a sum; valuing; fixing; ascertaining. NWAD ASSESSING.1

ASSESSION, n. A sitting down by a person. [Not used.] NWAD ASSESSION.1

ASSESSIONARY, a. Pertaining to assessors. NWAD ASSESSIONARY.1

ASSESSMENT, n. NWAD ASSESSMENT.1

1. A valuation of property or profits of business, for the purpose of taxation. An assessment is a valuation made by authorized persons according to their discretion, as opposed to a sum certain or determined by law. It may be a direct charge of the tax to be paid; or 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; on which valuation the law imposes a specific sum upon a given amount. NWAD ASSESSMENT.2

2. A tax or specific sum charged on the person or property. NWAD ASSESSMENT.3

3. The act of assessing; the act of determining the amount of damages by a jury. NWAD ASSESSMENT.4

ASSESSOR, n. NWAD ASSESSOR.1

1. One appointed to assess the person or property. NWAD ASSESSOR.2

2. An inferior officer of justice, who sits to assist the judge. NWAD ASSESSOR.3

3. One who sits by another, as next in dignity. NWAD ASSESSOR.4

ASSETS, n. plu. [L. sat, satis, enough.] NWAD ASSETS.1

Goods or estate of a deceased person, sufficient to pay the debts of the deceased. But the word sufficient, though expressing the original signification of assets, is not with us necessary to the definition. In present usage, assets are the money, goods or estate of a deceased person, subject by law to the payment of his debts and legacies. Assets are real or personal; real assets are lands which descend to the heir, subject to the fulfillment of the obligations of the ancestor; personal assets are the money or goods of the deceased, or debts due to him, which come into the hands of the executor or administrator, or which he is bound to collect and convert into money. NWAD ASSETS.2

ASSEVER, ASSEVERATE, v.t. [L. assevero, from ad and swear.] NWAD ASSEVER.1

To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity. NWAD ASSEVER.2

ASSEVERATION, n. Positive affirmation or assertion; solemn declaration. This word is not, generally, if ever, used for a declaration under an official oath, but for a declaration accompanied with solemnity. NWAD ASSEVERATION.1

ASS-HEAD, n. [ass and head.] One dull, like the ass; one slow of apprehension; a blockhead. NWAD ASS-HEAD.1

ASSIDEANS, CHASIDEANS, n. [Heb. pious.] NWAD ASSIDEANS.1

A sect of Jews who resorted to Mattathias to fight for the laws of their God and the liberties of their country. They were men of great zeal, and observed the traditions of the elders. From these sprung the Pharisees and Essenes. NWAD ASSIDEANS.2

ASSIDENT, a. [L. assideo, assidens, of ad and sedeo, to sit.] NWAD ASSIDENT.1

Assident signs, in medicine, are such as usually attend a disease, but not always; distinguished from pathognomic signs, which are inseparable from it. NWAD ASSIDENT.2

ASSIDUATE, a. Daily. [Not in use.] NWAD ASSIDUATE.1

ASSIDUITY, n. [L. assiduitas. See Assiduous.] NWAD ASSIDUITY.1

1. Constant or close application to any business or enterprise; diligence. NWAD ASSIDUITY.2

2. Attention; Attentiveness to persons. Assiduities, in plural, are services rendered with zeal and constancy. NWAD ASSIDUITY.3

ASSIDUOUS, a. [L. assiduus, from assideo, to sit close, ad and sedeo; Eng. to sit.] NWAD ASSIDUOUS.1

1. Constant in application; as a person assiduous in his occupation. NWAD ASSIDUOUS.2

2. Attentive; careful; regular in attendance; as an assiduous physician or nurse. NWAD ASSIDUOUS.3

3. Performed with constant diligence or attention; as assiduous labor. NWAD ASSIDUOUS.4

ASSIDUOUSLY, adv. Diligently; attentively; with earnestness and care; with regular attendance. NWAD ASSIDUOUSLY.1

ASSIDUOUSNESS, n. Constant or diligent application. NWAD ASSIDUOUSNESS.1

ASSIENTO, n. [L. assideo.] NWAD ASSIENTO.1

A contract or convention between the king of Spain and other powers, for furnishing slaves for the Spanish dominions in south America. NWAD ASSIENTO.2

ASSIGN, v.t. [L. assigno, of ad and signo, to allot to mark out, signum, a mark. The primary sense of sign is to send, or to set.] NWAD ASSIGN.1

1. To allot; to appoint or grant by distribution or apportionment. NWAD ASSIGN.2

The priests had a portion assigned them. Genesis 47:22. NWAD ASSIGN.3

2. To designate or appoint for a particular purpose. NWAD ASSIGN.4

They assigned Bezer, a city of refuge. Joshua 20:8. NWAD ASSIGN.5

3. To fix, specify or designate; as an assigned quantity. NWAD ASSIGN.6

4. To make or set over; to transfer, sell or convey, by writing, as by indorsing a note, or by any writing on a separate paper. NWAD ASSIGN.7

5. To allege or show in particular; as, to assign a reason for one’s conduct. NWAD ASSIGN.8

6. In law, to show or set forth with particularity; as, to assign error in a writ; to assign false judgment. NWAD ASSIGN.9

ASSIGN, n. A person to whom property or an interest is or may be transferred; as, a deed to a man and his heirs and assigns. NWAD ASSIGN.10

ASSIGNABLE, a. NWAD ASSIGNABLE.1

1. That may be allotted, appointed or assigned. NWAD ASSIGNABLE.2

2. That may be transferred by writing; as an assignable note, or bill. NWAD ASSIGNABLE.3

3. That may be specified, shown with precision or designated; as an assignable error. NWAD ASSIGNABLE.4

ASSIGNAT, n. A public note or bill in France; paper currency. NWAD ASSIGNAT.1

ASSIGNATION, n. NWAD ASSIGNATION.1

1. An appointment of time and place for meeting; used chiefly of love-meetings. NWAD ASSIGNATION.2

2. A making over by transfer of title. [See Assignment.] NWAD ASSIGNATION.3

3. In Russia, a public note or bank bill; paper currency. NWAD ASSIGNATION.4

ASSIGNED, pp. Appointed; allotted; made over; shown or designated. NWAD ASSIGNED.1

ASSIGNEE, n. A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed to do some act, perform some business or enjoy some right, privilege or property; as an assignee of a bankrupt. An assignee may be by special appointment or deed, or be created by law; as an executor. NWAD ASSIGNEE.1

ASSIGNER, n. One who assigns, or appoints. NWAD ASSIGNER.1

ASSIGNING, ppr. Allotting; appointing; transferring; showing specially. NWAD ASSIGNING.1

ASSIGNMENT, n. NWAD ASSIGNMENT.1

1. An allotting, or an appointment to a particular person or use. NWAD ASSIGNMENT.2

2. A transfer of title or interest by writing, as of a lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange. NWAD ASSIGNMENT.3

3. The writing by which an interest is transferred. NWAD ASSIGNMENT.4

4. The appointment or designation of causes or actions in court, for trial on particular days. NWAD ASSIGNMENT.5

5. In law, the conveyance of the whole interest which a man has in an estate, usually for life or year. It differs from a lease, which is the conveyance of a less term than the lessor has in the estate. NWAD ASSIGNMENT.6

ASSIGNOR, n. an assigner; a person who assigns or transfers an interest; as the assignor of a bill of exchange. NWAD ASSIGNOR.1

ASSIMILABLE, a. That may be assimilated. NWAD ASSIMILABLE.1

ASSIMILATE, v.t. [L. assimilo, of ad and similis, like. See Similar.] NWAD ASSIMILATE.1

1. To bring to a likeness; to cause to resemble. NWAD ASSIMILATE.2

2. To convert into a like substance; as, food is assimilated by conversion into animal substances, flesh, chyle, blood, etc. NWAD ASSIMILATE.3

ASSIMILATE, v.i. NWAD ASSIMILATE.4

1. To become similar. NWAD ASSIMILATE.5

2. To be converted into a like substance. NWAD ASSIMILATE.6

ASSIMILATED, pp. Brought to a likeness; changed into a like substance. NWAD ASSIMILATED.1

ASSIMILATING, ppr. Causing to resemble; converting into a like substance. NWAD ASSIMILATING.1

ASSIMILATION, n. NWAD ASSIMILATION.1

1. The act of bringing to a resemblance. NWAD ASSIMILATION.2

2. The act or process by which bodies convert other bodies into their own nature and substance; as, flame assimilates oil, and the food of animals is by assimilation converted into the substances which compose their bodies. NWAD ASSIMILATION.3

Mineral assimilation is the property which substances possess, in the earth, of appropriating and assimilating to themselves other substances with which they are in contact; a property which seems to be the basis of the natural history of the earth. NWAD ASSIMILATION.4

ASSIMILATIVE, a. having power of converting to a likeness, or to a like substance. NWAD ASSIMILATIVE.1

ASSIMULATE, v.t. [L. assimulo.] To feign. [Not used. See Simulate.] NWAD ASSIMULATE.1

ASSIMULATION, n. A counterfeiting. [Not used. See Simulation.] NWAD ASSIMULATION.1

ASSIST, v.t. [L. assisto, of ad and sisto, to stand up; English, to stand by.] NWAD ASSIST.1

To help; to aid; to succor; to give support to in some undertaking or effort, or in time of distress. NWAD ASSIST.2

ASSIST, v.i. To lend aid. NWAD ASSIST.3

ASSISTANCE, n. Help; aid; furtherance; succor; a contribution of support in bodily strength or other means. NWAD ASSISTANCE.1

ASSISTANT, a. Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary. NWAD ASSISTANT.1

ASSISTANT, n. One who aids, or who contributes his strength or other means to further the designs of welfare of another; an auxiliary. NWAD ASSISTANT.2

ASSISTED, pp. Helped; aided. NWAD ASSISTED.1

ASSISTER, n. One that lends aid. NWAD ASSISTER.1

ASSISTING, ppr. Helping; aiding; supporting with strength or means. NWAD ASSISTING.1

ASSISTLESS, a. Without aid or help. NWAD ASSISTLESS.1

ASSIZE, ASSIZES, n. [L. assideo, to sit by, of ad and sedeo, to sit.] NWAD ASSIZE.1

1. Originally, an assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business. The word was sometimes applied to the general council, or Wittenagemote, of England. NWAD ASSIZE.2

2. A court in England, held in every county by special commission to one of the judges, who is called a justice of the assize, and empowered to take assizes, that is, the verdict of a jury, called the assize. NWAD ASSIZE.3

3. A jury. In this sense the word was applied to the grand assize, for the trial of property, and to the petty assize, for the trial of possession. In Scotland, the assize consists of fifteen men, selected from a greater number. NWAD ASSIZE.4

4. A writ; as an assize of novel disseisin, which is given to recover the possession of lands, tenements, rents, common, etc., of which the tenant has been lately disseised; assize of mort d’ancestor, which lies against an abator, who enters upon land after the death of the tenant, and before the heir enters; assize of darrein presentment, which lies against a stranger who presents a clerk to a benefice. NWAD ASSIZE.5

5. A particular species of rents, established and not subject to be varied. NWAD ASSIZE.6

6. The time or place of holding the court of assize. NWAD ASSIZE.7

7. In a more general sense, any court of justice. NWAD ASSIZE.8

8. A statute of regulation; an ordinance regulating the weight, measure and price of articles sold in market; and hence the word came to signify the weight, measure or price itself; as the assize of bread. NWAD ASSIZE.9

This word is, in a certain sense, now corrupted into size, which see. NWAD ASSIZE.10

ASSIZE, v.t. To fix the weight, measure or price of commodities, by an ordinance or regulation of authority. NWAD ASSIZE.11

ASSIZED, pp. Regulated in weight, measure or price, by an assize or ordinance. NWAD ASSIZED.1

ASSIZER, n. An officer who has the care or inspection of weights and measures. NWAD ASSIZER.1

ASSIZOR, n. In Scotland, a juror. NWAD ASSIZOR.1

ASS-LIKE, a. Resembling an ass. NWAD ASS-LIKE.1

ASSOBER, v.t. [See Sober.] To keep under. [Not used.] NWAD ASSOBER.1

ASSOCIABILITY, n. The quality of being capable of association; the quality of suffering some change by sympathy, or of being affected by the affections of another part of the body. NWAD ASSOCIABILITY.1

ASSOCIABLE, a. assoshable. [See Associate.] NWAD ASSOCIABLE.1

1. That may be joined to or associated. NWAD ASSOCIABLE.2

2. In a medical sense, liable to be affected by sympathy, or to receive from other parts correspondent feelings and affections. “The stomach, the most associable of all the organs of the animal body.” NWAD ASSOCIABLE.3

ASSOCIATE, v.t. assoshate. [L. associo, of ad and socio, to join.] NWAD ASSOCIATE.1

1. To join in company, as a friend, companion, partner or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise. NWAD ASSOCIATE.2

It conveys the idea of intimate union. NWAD ASSOCIATE.3

2. To unite in the same mass; as, particles of matte associated with other substances. NWAD ASSOCIATE.4

ASSOCIATE, v.i. NWAD ASSOCIATE.5

1. To unite in company; to keep company, implying intimacy; as, congenial minds are disposed to associate. NWAD ASSOCIATE.6

2. To unite in action, or be affected by the action of a different part of the body. NWAD ASSOCIATE.7

ASSOCIATE, a. NWAD ASSOCIATE.8

1. Joined in interest or purpose; confederate. NWAD ASSOCIATE.9

2. Joined in employment or office; as an associate judge. NWAD ASSOCIATE.10

ASSOCIATE, n. NWAD ASSOCIATE.11

1. A companion; one frequently in company with another, implying intimacy or equality; a mate; a fellow. NWAD ASSOCIATE.12

2. A partner in interest, as in business; or a confederate in a league. NWAD ASSOCIATE.13

3. A companion in a criminal transaction; an accomplice. NWAD ASSOCIATE.14

ASSOCIATED, pp. United in company or in interest; joined. NWAD ASSOCIATED.1

ASSOCIATESHIP, n. The state or office of an associate. NWAD ASSOCIATESHIP.1

ASSOCIATING, ppr. Uniting in company or in interest; joining. NWAD ASSOCIATING.1

ASSOCIATION, n. NWAD ASSOCIATION.1

1. The act of associating; union; connection of persons. NWAD ASSOCIATION.2

2. Union of persons in a company; a society formed for transacting or carrying on some business for mutual advantage; a partnership. It is often applied to a union of states or a confederacy. NWAD ASSOCIATION.3

3. Union of things; apposition, as of particles of matter. NWAD ASSOCIATION.4

4. Union or connection of ideas. An association of ideas is where two or more ideas constantly or naturally follow each other in the mind, so that one almost infallibly produces the other. NWAD ASSOCIATION.5

5. An exertion or change of some extreme part of the sensory residing in the muscles or organs of sense, in consequence of some antecedent or attendant fibrous contractions. NWAD ASSOCIATION.6

6. In ecclesiastical affairs, a society of the clergy, consisting of a number of pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches. NWAD ASSOCIATION.7

ASSOCIATIONAL, a. Pertaining to an association of clergymen. NWAD ASSOCIATIONAL.1

ASSOCIATIVE, a. Having the quality of associating, or of being affected by sympathy. NWAD ASSOCIATIVE.1

ASSOIL, v.t. [L. absolvo.] To solve; to release; to absolve. NWAD ASSOIL.1

ASSOIL, v.t. To soil; to stain. Obs. NWAD ASSOIL.2

ASSONANCE, n. [L. ad and sono, to sound. See Sound.] NWAD ASSONANCE.1

Resemblance of sounds. In rhetoric and poetry, a resemblance in sound or termination, without making rhyme. NWAD ASSONANCE.2

ASSONANT, a. Having a resemblance of sounds. In Spanish poetry, assonant rhymes are those in which a resemblance of sounds serves instead of a natural rhyme; as, ligera, tierra. NWAD ASSONANT.1

ASSORT, v.t. [See Sort.] NWAD ASSORT.1

1. To separate and distribute into classes things of the like kind, nature or quality, or things which are suited to a like purpose. It is sometimes applied to persons as well as things. NWAD ASSORT.2

2. To furnish with all sorts. NWAD ASSORT.3

ASSORT, v.i. To agree; to be in accordance with; to suit. NWAD ASSORT.4

ASSORTED, pp. NWAD ASSORTED.1

1. Distributed into sorts, kinds or classes. NWAD ASSORTED.2

2. Furnished with an assortment, or with a variety; as a well assorted store. NWAD ASSORTED.3

ASSORTING, ppr. Separating into sorts; supplying with an assortment. NWAD ASSORTING.1

ASSORTMENT, n. NWAD ASSORTMENT.1

1. The act of distributing into sorts, kinds of classes, or of selecting and suiting things. NWAD ASSORTMENT.2

2. A mass or quantity distributed into kinds or sorts; or a number of things assorted. NWAD ASSORTMENT.3

3. A number of things of the same kind, varied in size, color, quality, price, form, or the like, to suit the market, the wants of people, or various purposes; as an assortment of thread, of silks, of calicoes, etc. NWAD ASSORTMENT.4

An assortment of paintings. NWAD ASSORTMENT.5

4. A variety of sorts or kinds adapted to various wants, demands or purposes; as an assortment of goods. NWAD ASSORTMENT.6

ASSOT, v.t. [See Sot.] To infatuate; to besot. [Not used.] NWAD ASSOT.1

ASSUAGE, v.t. NWAD ASSUAGE.1

To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease or lessen, as pain or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult. In strictness, it signifies rather to moderate, than to quiet, tranquilize or reduce to perfect peace or ease. NWAD ASSUAGE.2

ASSUAGE, v.i. To abate or subside. NWAD ASSUAGE.3

The waters assuaged. Genesis 8:1. NWAD ASSUAGE.4

But I apprehend the sense is, the waters were checked; Heb. NWAD ASSUAGE.5