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Show NN AS fi::‘ 4. He that lays taxes Ny e A 8 derived from| ‘1. To mark out; to appoint | A'ssETs. n. o awithout the fingular. [affex Fr.] Goods fufficient to difcharge tha % burden, which is.caft upon the executo heir o o in fatisfyin the teftators o Whoeve anceftors debts or legacies pleads affets, fayeth nothing ; but tha de‘;‘\»:" % the perfon, againft whom he pleads, hat enough come to his hands, to difcharg Coavell what is in demand v. a. [affevero, Lat. tyy To ASSE'VER . Zo Asse'vEraTE. § To affirm with grea folemnity, as upon oath . | ASSEVERA'TION. #z./. [from afféverate. Solemn affirmation, as upon oath That whic Mg ar perfuade of y have i no otherwife than by your own only probable col leion in hi yo and therefore fuch bold affeverations, a were admirable, fhould in your mouths Hooker but argue rafhnefs Another abufe of the tongue I might add vehement affiverations upon flight and trivial ocRay on the Creation cafions The repetition gives a greater emphafis to th words, and agrees better with the vehemence o the fpeaker in making his affeveration Broome's Notes on the Odyffey A'ssHEAD. z /. [from afs and bead.] On {low of apprehenfion ; a blockhead Will you help an afshead, and a coxcomb, an a knave, a thin-faced knave, a gull? Shak. Hom /). [affiduité, Fr. affiduitas N Assipu'iTY. Lat.] Diligence; clofenefs of application I have myfelf fo Can he wilkion o rayi Wxl with much pains and affiduity, qualifie a nomenclator Addifon who has undertaken this, want conthe neceflity of his utmoft vigour an Rogers affiduity to acquit himfelf of it We obferve the addrefs and affiduity they wil ufe to corrupt us Rogers . ASSYDUOUS. adj. [afiduus, Lat.] Con- ftant in application [ b, o v' [Mh- e vilers, are often half-witted people Gowernment of the Tongue In fummer, you fee the hen giving herfel life, and deftroy the young one, the grows mor affiduous m her attendance, and flays away bu half the time m @ Each fill renews her little labour Wor juftles her affiduous neighbour ,Assi'puousviy. adv. [fro Diligently; continually Addifon Prior affiduous. "The trade, that obliges artificers to be affiduoufl converfant with their materials, is that of glafs- men Boyle The habitable earth may have been perpetuall the drier, feeing it is gffiduoufly drained and ex- haufted by thefeas Bentley. To Ass1'EGE. w. a. [affiegers Fr.] Fo be fiege Obfolete Dia On th® other fide th' affieged caftles war Their ftedfaft arms did mightily maintain, Spenf " ASSIE'NTO. n. /. [In Spanifh, a con- He affigned Uriah unto a place where he kne that valiant men were 2 Sam. xi. 16 The two armies were affigned to the leading o two generals, both of them rather courtiers affure to the ftate, than martial men Bacon Both joining As join'd in injuries, one enmit Againft a foe by doom exprefs affign'd us That cruel ferpent True quality is negleéted Milton virtue is opprefied and vice triumphant The laft day will affign t every one a ftation fuitable to his charater Addifon 2. To fix with regard to quantity or value Ther i n fuc intrinfick natural fettle value in any thing, as to make any affigned quantity of it conftantly worth any affigned quantity o another acke 3. [In law.] In general, to appoint a de puty, or make over a right to another in particular, to appoint or fet forth, a to a/ffign error, is to thew in what par of the procefs error is committed ; t affign falfe judgment, Is to declare ho and where the judgment is unjuft; t affign the ceflor, is to fhew how th plaintiff had ceffed, or given over; t affign wafte, is to fhew wherein efpecially the wafte is committed Cowell Ass1"GNABLE. adj. [from affign.] 'Tha which may be marked out, or fixed Ariftotle held that it ftreamed by connatura refult ‘an wa n emanatio God fro inftant affignable of God' fo that ther eterna ex iftence, in which the world did not alfo co-exift South AssieNA"T10N. 2. /. [affignation, French. 7. An appointment to meet : ufed generally of love appointments The lovers expecte the return of this ftate hour with as much impatience as if it had been Speftator real affignation Or when a whore, in her vocation Savift 'z. A making over a thing to another And if by pray' - Inceffant I counld hope to change the wil + AsstGNEE". . /[ [affigné, Fr.] He tha Of him who all things can, I would not ceaf i appo o depu b anot t nte e e Milton. To,weary him with my affiduous cries o bufine an (s perf o a& r an d The moft affiduous talebearers, and bittereft re- wwvo hours together; but in winter, when the rigour of the feafon would chill the principles o " beafts 5 for their excrement Keeps punétual to an affignation greater freedoms, and quitting her care for abov 1 A S traét or bargain, A contra@ or convention between the king of Spain an other powers, for furnifhing the Spanif dominions in America with negro flaves To ASSIGN..w, 4. [affigner, Frxs affigno Lat.] And an g/fgne enjoy any commodity may be either in deed or in law 5 affzgnc in deed, is he that is appointed by perfon ; affignee in law, is he whom th law maketh fo, without any appointCowell ment of the perfon Assi'GNER. z. /. [from affign.] He tha appoints The gofpel is at once the affigner of our tafks and the magazine bf our ftrength. Decay of Picty Ass1'GNMENT. z. /. [from afign.] Appropriation of one thing to anothe thing or perfon The only thing which maketh any place pub lick, is th publick affignmen thereof unto fuc Hooker duties This inftitution, which affigns it to a perfon whom we have no rule to know, is juft as goo Locke as an affignment to no body at all Ass'MILABLE. adj. [from affimilate. That which may be converted to th fame nature with fomething elfe The fpirits of many will find but nalced habitations5 meeting no a/fimilables wherein to re-ac Brown's Vulgar Errours their natures o ASSIMILATE. w. n. [affimilo, Lat. To perform the act of converting foo to nourifhment Birds affimilate lefs, and gxcern. moi 2 tha their fleth generally more dry are ever liquidy 2nd Bacon's Nat. Hiff Birds be commonly better meat than beafts, be cauf their flefh dot fecerneth more fubtely affimilate mor 7o Ass1"MILATE. v. a finely an Bacon's Narural Hiftory 1. To bring to a likenefs, or refemblance. A ferine and neceflitous kind of life woul eafily affimilate at leaft the next generation to barbarifm and ferinenefs Hale The are not over-patien fuch, who they canno their intereft to remove of mixture affimilate, foo bu fin i Savift z. 'To turn to its own nature by digeftion, Tafting concoét, diget, affimilate And corporeal to incorporeal turn Milton. Hence alfo animals and vegetables may affimilate their nourifhment; moift nourithment eafil changing its texture, till it becomes like thedenfe earth Neavtor Ass1I'MILATENESS. 2. /. [from affimilase.] Likenefs Di&, AsstMILA'TION. . /. [from affimilate. 1. The aé of converting any thing to thenature or fubftance of another It furthers the very a& of affimilation of nourifhment, by fome outward emollients that mak the parts more apt to aflimilate. Bacor's Nat. Hift. 2. The ftate of being aflimilated,o . be coming like fomething elfe A nourifhment in a large acceptation, but not in propriety, conferving the body, not repairing i by affimilation; but preferving it/by ventilation Broawn's Vulgar Errours It is as well the inftiné as duty ogour. nature, to-afpire to an affimilation with God; even tha moft laudable and generous ambition Deca of Piety To AsstUMULATE. w. a. [affimudo, Lat. To feign ; to counterfeit Dis AsstMULA'TION. . /. [affimulatio, Lat. A diffembling ; a counterfeiting. Did To ASSI'ST. w. a. [afifters. Fr. affifto To help Lat. Receiv her in the Lord as becomet faints and affifi her in whatfoever bufinefs fhe hath need Rom. xvie 2 Itis neceffary and affiffing to all our other inLocke telledtual faculties Acquaintance with method will afif one i Watts's Lbgick ranging human affaiss Sh n fooner yielde to-adultery bu fk agreed to a/fiff in the murder of her hufband Braome on the Ody[fey Assi'stance: z /. [affffance, French.} Help ;. furtherance The gouncii of Trent commends recontfe, no only to the prayers of the faints, but to their'ai What doth this aid .and afiffanc and affiff;anc Stilling fleete fignify You have abundant affifances for this know ledge; in excellent books. Pake's Prep. for Death Let us entreat this neceflary gffiffance his grace he would lead us that b Rogers Assi'sTanT. adj. [from afiff:] Helping lending aid Some perchanc did adhere:-to the duke an were affiffant to him openly, or at leaft under hand Hale's Commen Lasw of England For the performances of this work, .a vital o direétive principle feemeth to be afiffant to th Greave corporeal ASSUSTANT. w f. [from afif. 1. A perfon engaged in an affair, not a principal, but-as' auxiliary.or. mini fterial Some youn towardly nobleme or gentleme were ufually fent as a/fiffdurs or attendants, accord ing to the quality of the perfons Bacom 2..Sometimes 1t is perhaps.only a foftet word for an attendant The: |