Assoil
As·soil
Assoil
v. t.
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To set free; to release. [Archaic]
Till from her hands the spright assoiled is.
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To solve; to clear up. [Obs.]
Any child might soon be able to assoil this riddle.
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To set free from guilt; to absolve. [Archaic]
Acquitted and assoiled from the guilt.
Many persons think themselves fairly assoiled, because they are . . . not of scandalous lives.
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To expiate; to atone for. [Archaic]
Let each act assoil a fault.
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To remove; to put off. [Obs.]
She soundly slept, and careful thoughts did quite assoil.
Assoil
v. t.
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To soil; to stain. [Obs. or Poet.]
Ne'er assoil my cobwebbed shield.