Assoil

Definition of Assoil

As`soil´

v. t.	1.	To set free; to release. Till from her hands the spright assoiled is. - Spenser.
	2.	To solve; to clear up. Any child might soon be able to assoil this riddle. - Bp. Jewel.
	3.	To set free from guilt; to absolve. Acquitted and assoiled from the guilt. - Dr. H. More. Many persons think themselves fairly assoiled, because they are . . . not of scandalous lives. - Jer. Taylor.
	4.	To expiate; to atone for. Let each act assoil a fault. - E. Arnold.
	5.	To remove; to put off. She soundly slept, and careful thoughts did quite assoil. - Spenser.
	1.	To soil; to stain. Ne'er assoil my cobwebbed shield. - Wordsworth.

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