GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found 2 definitions

1.       
   Assoil , v. t. [OF. assoiler, absoiler, assoldre, F. absoudre, L. absolvere. See Absolve.]
   To set free; to release. [Archaic]
   1913 Webster
   Till from her hands the spright assoiled is.
   Spenser.
   
   1913 Webster
   To solve; to clear up. [Obs.]
   1913 Webster
   Any child might soon be able to assoil this riddle.
   Bp. Jewel.
   
   1913 Webster
   To set free from guilt; to absolve. [Archaic]
   1913 Webster
   Acquitted and assoiled from the guilt.
   Dr. H. More.
   
   1913 Webster
   Many persons think themselves fairly assoiled, because they are . . . not of scandalous lives.
   Jer. Taylor.
   
   1913 Webster
   To expiate; to atone for. [Archaic]
   Spenser.
   
   1913 Webster
   Let each act assoil a fault.
   E. Arnold.
   
   1913 Webster
   To remove; to put off. [Obs.]
   1913 Webster
   She soundly slept, and careful thoughts did quite assoil.
   Spenser.
   
   1913 Webster
   
         
       

2.       
   Assoil, v. t. [Pref. ad- + soil.] To soil; to stain. [Obs. or Poet.]
   Beau. & Fl.
   
   1913 Webster
   Ne'er assoil my cobwebbed shield.
   Wordsworth.
   
   1913 Webster