assoil

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /əˈsɔɪl/ Rhymes: -ɔɪl Hyphenation: as‧soil === Etymology 1 === From Middle English assoilen (“to absolve or release from blame or sin”), from Anglo-Norman as(s)oiler, as(s)oilier, and Old French as(s)oille [and other forms], the present subjunctive, and as(s)oil, the present indicative, of as(s)oldre, as(s)oudre (“to absolve from blame”) (modern French absoudre), from Latin absoluere, the present active infinitive of absoluō, a variant of absolvō (“to set free from”), from ab- (prefix meaning ‘away from’) + solvō (“to loosen, set free”) (from sē- (“prefix meaning ‘apart; aside; away’”) + luō (“to let go, set free”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to cut off, to free”). Doublet of absolve and assoilzie. ==== Verb ==== assoil (third-person singular simple present assoils, present participle assoiling, simple past and past participle assoiled) (transitive) (archaic) To absolve or release (someone) from blame or sin; to forgive, to pardon. Synonym: (Scotland) assoilze To atone or expiate for (something). (law) Followed by from or of: to acquit (someone) from a criminal charge; to find (someone) not guilty; to clear. Synonyms: (Scotland, law) assoilze, exonerate, vindicate; see also Thesaurus:acquit (archaic or obsolete) Followed by from or of: to release or set free (someone) from a liability, an obligation, etc.; to discharge. (obsolete) To clear up or resolve (a difficulty, doubt, problem, etc.); to absolve, to solve. Synonyms: (obsolete) soil, (obsolete) soyle To refute (an argument, an objection, etc.). (rare) To discharge (a liability, an obligation, etc.). (rare) To get rid of, put off, or remove (something). (Christianity) To absolve or release (someone) from excommunication or some other religious offence. ===== Alternative forms ===== assoyle (obsolete) ===== Derived terms ===== assoiler (obsolete, rare) assoiling (noun) assoilment unassoiled ===== Related terms ===== assoilzie ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Possibly from a- (intensifying prefix) or ad- (prefix meaning ‘to, toward’, or indicating an addition or tendency) +‎ soil (“to make dirty”), perhaps influenced by assoil (etymology 1). ==== Verb ==== assoil (third-person singular simple present assoils, present participle assoiling, simple past and past participle assoiled) (transitive, archaic or obsolete) To make (something) dirty or soiled; to soil; to stain; to sully. ===== Translations ===== === References === === Anagrams === Isolas, loasis