Assassinate

Definition of Assassinate

As`sas´sin`ate

v. t.	1.	To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence. [imp. & p. p. Assassinated ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Assassinating ( ).] Help, neighbors, my house is broken open by force, and I am ravished, and like to be assassinated. - Dryden.
	2.	To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly. Your rhymes assassinate our fame. - Dryden. Such usage as your honorable lords Afford me, assassinated and betrayed. - Milton.
n.	1.	An assassination, murder, or murderous assault. If I had made an assassinate upon your father. - B. Jonson.
	2.	An assassin.

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