ASSOIL

v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To set free; to release. [Archaic] Till from her hands the spright assoiled is. Spenser.

2.
v.

To solve; to clear up. [Obs.] Any child might soon be able to assoil this riddle. Bp. Jewel.

3.
v.

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.
v.

To expiate; to atone for. [Archaic] Spenser. Let each act assoil a fault. E. Arnold.

5.
v.

To remove; to put off. [Obs.] She soundly slept, and careful thoughts did quite assoil. Spenser.

6.
v.

To soil; to stain. [Obs. or Poet.] Beau. & Fl. Ne'er assoil my cobwebbed shield. Wordsworth.

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