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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
assoil \assoil"\, v. t. of. assoiler, absoiler, assoldre, f.
   absoudre, l. absolvere. see absolve.
   1. to set free; to release. archaic
      1913 webster

            till from her hands the spright assoiled is.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

   2. to solve; to clear up. obs.
      1913 webster

            any child might soon be able to assoil this riddle.
                                                  --bp. jewel.
      1913 webster

   3. to set free from guilt; to absolve. archaic
      1913 webster

            acquitted and assoiled from the guilt. --dr. h.
                                                  more.
      1913 webster

            many persons think themselves fairly assoiled,
            because they are . . . not of scandalous lives.
                                                  --jer. taylor.
      1913 webster

   4. to expiate; to atone for. archaic --spenser.
      1913 webster

            let each act assoil a fault.          --e. arnold.
      1913 webster

   5. to remove; to put off. obs.
      1913 webster

            she soundly slept, and careful thoughts did quite
            assoil.                               --spenser.
      1913 webster
see also:
absolve 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
assoil \assoil"\, v. t. pref. ad- + soil.
   to soil; to stain. obs. or poet. --beau.  fl.
   1913 webster

         ne'er assoil my cobwebbed shield.        --wordsworth.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
assoil
     v : pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "the suspect was
         cleared of the murder charges" syn: acquit, clear, discharge,
          exonerate, exculpate ant: convict
see also:
acquit clear discharge exonerate exculpate convict 


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