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Like, or imitative of, anything archaic; pertaining to an archaism.

To make appear archaic or antique. Mahaffy.

To decree; to adjudge. [Archaic] Ld. Lytton.

Silver, or money. [Archaic]

To please; to gratify. [Archaic] B. Jonson. Above all thy rarities, old Oxenford, what do most arride and solace me are thy repositories of moldering learning. Lamb.

To happen or occur. [Archaic] Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives. Waller.

Learning; study; applied knowledge, science, or letters. [Archaic] So vast is art, so narrow human wit. Pope.

Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill. [Archaic] "Artful strains." "Artful terms." Milton.

Precise point of time; moment. [Obs. or Archaic] This fatal news coming to Hick's Hall upon the article of my Lord Russell's trial, was said to have had no little influence on the jury and all the bench to his prejudice. Evelyn.

Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars. [Archaic] Bacon.

e mind; to free from obscurity, doubt, or change; to make sure of; to fix; to determine. [Archaic] The divine law . . . ascertaineth the truth. Hooker. The very deferring [of his execution] shall increase and ascertain the condemnation. Jer. Taylor. The ministry, in order to ascertain a majority . . . persuaded the que…

To mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish. [Archaic] Chaucer.

Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. [Archaic] "An asper sound." Bacon.

To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly. [Archaic] Your rhymes assassinate our fame. Dryden. Such usage as your honorable lords Afford me, assassinated and betrayed. Milton.

To try; to attempt; to apply. [Obs. or Archaic] To-night let us assay our plot. Shak. Soft words to his fierce passion she assayed. Milton.

To maintain; to defend. [Obs. or Archaic] That . . . I may assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. Milton. I will assert it from the scandal. Jer. Taylor.

See Asseverate. [Archaic]

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

To abate or subside. [Archaic] "The waters assuaged." Gen. vii. 1. The plague being come to a crisis, its fury began to assuage. De Foe.

Stunned; astonished. See Astony. [Archaic] And I astonied fell and could not pray. Mrs. Browning.