Helen Fenton

Assart: Definition and part of speech

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Assart

  1. v. t. To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees.
  2. n. The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest.
  3. n. A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Assassin: Definition and part of speech

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Assassin

  1. v. t. To assassinate.
  2. n. One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Assassinate: Definition and part of speech

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Assassinate

  1. n. An assassin.
  2. v. t. To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence.
  3. v. t. To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly.
  4. n. An assassination, murder, or murderous assault.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.