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nted 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. (b) pl.

Admitted to some, but not to all, rights and privileges; as, an associate member.

ety of the game of bridge in which the players, beginning with the dealer, bid for the privilege of naming the trump and playing with the dummy for that deal, there being heavy penalties for a player's failure to make good his bid. The score value of each trick more than six taken by the successful bidder is as follows…

A game of cards in which the players bid for the privilege of determining or "pitching" the trump suit. R. F. Foster.

To censure or revile the absent. They are arrant knaves, and will backbite. Shak.

An exclamation expressive of extreme contempt. Twenty-five years ago the vile ejaculation, Bah! was utterly unknown to the English public. De Quincey.

Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail, upon bond with sureties; -- used of persons. "He's bailable, I'm sure." Ford.

To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook. A crooked pin . . . bailed with a vile earthworm. W. Irving.

A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbor.

Ban of the empire (German Hist.), an imperial interdict by which political rights and privileges, as those of a prince, city, or district, were taken away.

, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons.

f the 19th century, which was hostile to extension of slavery, public debts, corporate privileges, etc., and supported Van Buren against Cass for president in 1848; --opposed to Hunker. [Political Cant, U. S.]

Vile; mean. "Thy baseborn heart." Shak.

The quality or condition of being base; degradation; vileness. I once did hold it a baseness to write fair. Shak.

as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment. Bedeviled and used worse than St. Bartholomew. Sterne.

The state of being bedeviled; bewildering confusion; vexatious trouble. [Colloq.]

The duty or privilege of the marriage bed. Shak.

A low fellow or scoundrel; a beggar. Great men oft die by vile bezonians. Shak.

an action, or of the defendant's set-off. -- Bill of rights, a summary of rights and privileges claimed by a people. Such was the declaration presented by the Lords and Commons of England to the Prince and Princess of Orange in 1688, and enacted in Parliament after they became king and queen. In America, a bill or de…

One who uses, or is armed with, a bill or hooked ax. "A billman of the guard." Savile.