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1,659 words match “ASSE”

A small foxlike animal (Vulpes cama) of South Africa, valued for its fur.

ASSECURATION n.

Assurance; certainty. [Obs.]

To make sure or safe; to assure. [Obs.] Hooker.

An obtaining or acquiring. [Obs.] Ayliffe.

Same as Assagai.

ASSEMBLAGE n. 2 definitions

The act of assembling, or the state o In sweet assemblage every blooming grace. Fenton.

ASSEMBLANCE n. 2 definitions

Resemblance; likeness; appearance. [Obs.] Care I for the . . . stature, bulk, and big assemblance of a man Shak.

ASSEMBLE v. 3 definitions

into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate. Thither he assembled all his train. Milton. All the men of Israel assembled themselves. 1 Kings viii. 2.

One who assembles a number of individuals; also, one of a number assembled.

ASSEMBLY n. 3 definitions

A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.

A member of an assembly, especially of the lower branch of a state legislature.

ASSENT v. 2 definitions

quiescence, concurrence, or concession. Who informed the governor . . . And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. Acts xxiv. 9. The princess assented to all that was suggested. Macaulay.

Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence. Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust. Ld. Chesterfield.

An obsequious; a flatterer. [R.]

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

One who assents.

Giving or implying assent. -- As*sent"ing*ly, adv.

Giving assent; of the nature of assent; complying. -- As*sent"ive*ness, n.

Assent; agreement. [Obs.]