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An assassination, murder, or murderous assault. [Obs.] If I had made an assassinate upon your father. B. Jonson.

owers for furnishing negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, esp. the contract made with Great Britain in 1713.

A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act, perform some business, or enjoy some right, privilege, or property; as, an assignee of a bankrupt. See Assignment (c). An assignee may be by special appointment or deed, or be created by jaw; as an executor. Cowell. Blount.…

Made sure; safe; insured; certain; indubitable; not doubting; bold to excess.

Of or pertaining to Astrakhan in Russia or its products; made of an Astrakhan skin. -- n.

hich their motions are regulated, with their various phenomena. An undevout astronomer is mad. Young.

A constituent particle of matter, or a molecule supposed to be made up of subordinate particles.

Satisfaction or reparation made by giving an equivalent for an injury, or by doing of suffering that which will be received in satisfaction for an offense or injury; expiation; amends; -- with for. Specifically, in theology: The expiation of sin made by the obedience, personal suffering, and death of Christ. When a man…

A blow or wound on the leg of a horse, made by overreaching. White.

y to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt. [Obs. or Archaic] It made the laughter of an afternoon That Vivien should attempt the blameless king. Thackeray.

Made thin or slender.

With a crust made by browning in the oven; as, spaghetti may be served au gratin.

by the civil power, esp. the burning of a heretic. It was usually held on Sunday, and was made a great public solemnity by impressive forms and ceremonies.

Same as Amadavat.

ate distribution of loss or expense among all interested. General average, a contribution made, by all parties concerned in a sea adventure, toward a loss occasioned by the voluntary sacrifice of the property of some of the parties in interest for the benefit of all. It is called general average, because it falls upon…

tipathy; disinclination; reluctance. Mutual aversion of races. Prescott. His rapacity had made him an object of general aversion. Macaulay.

Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable. The charters were not avoidable for the king's nonage. Hale.

he same plane with the blade. The broadax, or carpenter's ax, is an ax for hewing timber, made heavier than the chopping ax, and with a broader and thinner blade and a shorter handle.

a fine soft pile. So called from Axminster, England, where it was formerly (1755 -- 1835) made.

A singular nocturnal quadruped, allied to the lemurs, found in Madagascar (Cheiromys Madagascariensis), remarkable for its long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth.