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The principal female divinity of the Phoenicians, as Baal was the principal male divinity. W. Smith.

An apparatus for passing air or gases through or over certain liquids or solids, or for exhausting a closed vessel, by means of suction.

Of or pertaining to breathing; suited to the inhaling of air

An assassin.

An obsequious; a flatterer. [R.]

Flattering; obsequious. [Obs.] -- As*sent"a*to*ri*ly, adv. [Obs.]

rs; one who maintains or vindicates a claim or a right; an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator; a defender; an asserter. The assertors of liberty said not a word. Macaulay. Faithful assertor of thy country's cause. Prior.

Asserting that a thing is; -- opposed to problematical and apodeictical.

Affirming; maintaining. Arguments . . . assertory, not probatory. Jer. Taylor. An assertory, not a promissory, declaration. Bentham. A proposition is assertory, when it enounces what is known as actual. Sir W. Hamilton.

Asseverative.

Tending to assimilate, or produce assimilation; as, assimilatory organs.

A assister.

ner in any scheme. How Pennsylvania's air agrees with Quakers, And Carolina's with associators. Dryden.

Astrictive. [R.]

One who attests.

o turn, or transfer homage and service, from one lord to another. This is the act of feudatories, vassals, or tenants, upon the alienation of the estate. Blackstone.

A substitute; a proxy; an agent. [Obs.] And will have no attorney but myself. Shak.

The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required. Wharton.

The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys.

The office or profession of an attorney; agency for another. Shak.