assoil
Americanverb (used with object)
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to absolve; acquit; pardon.
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to atone for.
verb
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to absolve; set free
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to atone for
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of assoil
1250–1300; Middle English asoilen < Anglo-French asoiler, Old French asoilier, variant of asoldre < Latin absolvere to absolve
Example Sentences
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Say to toil: Nor to seek to leave the tending of thy vines, For all the heat of the day, till it declines, And death's mild curfew shall from work assoil.
From The Optimist's Good Morning by Perin, Florence Hobart
She is a jolly compagnon de voyage, had been thrice to Jerusalem, and is now seeking assoil for some little sins at Canterbury.
From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Coppee, Henry
And so Sir Launcelot penance made, And worked at servile toil; And prayed the Bishop of Canterbury His sins for to assoil.
From Songs and Satires by Masters, Edgar Lee
Into thy saving hands: Despite assoil, infirmity, mistake, My life a perfect whole thy power can make, If Thou my shards of broken purpose take Into thy hands.
From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James
Mother, as I promised to assoil thy doubt, Here I give thee an hundred pieces of gold.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by Hazlitt, William Carew
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