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Definition of 'assoil'English
Verb
( en-verb)
(archaic) To absolve, acquit; to release from blame or sin.
* Dr. H. More
- acquitted and assoiled from the guilt
* Jeremy Taylor
- Many persons think themselves fairly assoiled , because they are not of scandalous lives.
(archaic) To set free, release.
* 1590 , Edmund Spendser, The Faerie Queene , I.x:
- But first thou must a season fast and pray, / Till from her hands the spright assoiled is [...].
To solve; to clear up.
* Bishop Jewel
- Any child might soon be able to assoil this riddle.
To expiate; to atone for.
* E. Arnold
- Let each act assoil a fault.
- (Spenser)
To remove; to put off.
* Spenser
- She soundly slept, and careful thoughts did quite assoil .
Related terms
* assoilzie
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