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attention; unremitting; persistent; as, assiduous labor. To weary him with my assiduous cries. Milton.

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with .

To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods; as, to assort a cargo.

A collection containing a variety of sorts or kinds adapted to various wants, demands, or purposes; as, an assortment of goods.

To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire. Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage. Addison. To assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man Burke. The fount at which the panting mind assu…

A plant of the genus Callistephus. Many varieties (called China asters, German asters, etc.) are cultivated for their handsome compound flowers.

The point on the side of the skull where the lambdoid, parieto- mastoid and occipito-mastoid sutures.

ed, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the A. gummifer and A. verus.

The relation of a point or position in a series, or of degree, rate, or value; as, with the thermometer at 80º; goods sold at a cheap price; a country estimated at 10,000 square miles; life is short at the longest.

In concord or friendship; in agreement (with each other); as, to be, bring, make, or set, at one, i. e., to be or bring in or to a state of agreement or reconciliation. If gentil men, or othere of hir contree Were wrothe, she wolde bringen hem atoon. Chaucer.

or a tendency to a recurrence, of the original type of a species in the progeny of its varieties; resemblance to remote rather than to near ancestors; reversion to the original form.

A disease characterized by thickening and fatty degeneration of the inner coat of the arteries.

A variety of chorea, marked by peculiar tremors of the fingers and toes.

nce of which the ancients attributed hypochondria, melancholy, and mania. Atrabiliary arteries, capsules, and veins (Anat.), those pertaining to the kidney; -- called also renal arteries, capsules, and veins.

Very grievous or violent; terrible; as, atrocious distempers. [Obs.] Cheyne.

nterest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; -- with to; as, attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery. Incapable of attaching a sensible man. Miss Austen. God . . . by various ties attaches man to man. Cowper.

being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; anas, an attachment to a friend, or to a party.

To assail with unfriendly speech or writing; to begin a controversy with; to attempt to overthrow or bring into disrepute, by criticism or satire; to censure; as, to attack a man, or his opinions, in a pamphlet.

ry has given a false verdict in any court of record; also, the convicting of the jury so tried. Bouvier.

Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked. Shak.