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assiduous, a.|əˈsɪdjuːəs|
[f. L. assidu-us (f. assidē-re to sit by: see assess v.; lit. ‘sitting down to,’ hence ‘closely applying to’) + -ous.]
1. Of persons or agents: Constant in application to the business in hand, persevering, sedulous, unwearyingly diligent.
1660Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. ii. ii. vii. §3 Christ..commands us to be perfect, that is..to be assiduous in our prayers. 1711Addison Spect. No. 311 ⁋5 Those assiduous Gentlemen who employ their whole Lives in the Chace. 1876Green Short Hist. iii. §7 (1882) 148 He was assiduous in his attendance on religious services.
2. Constantly endeavouring to please, obsequiously attentive. arch.
a1725Pope Odyss. vi. 89 The queen, assiduous, to her train assigns The sumptuous viands. 1750Johnson Rambl. No. 104 ⁋13 Few can be assiduous without servility.
3. Of actions: Unremitting, persistent, constant.
1538Leland Itin. I. Introd. 20 By infinite Variete of Bookes and assiduus reading of them. 1667Milton P.L. xi. 310 To wearie him with my assiduous cries. 1711Addison Spect. No. 10 ⁋1 Follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous Culture. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 491 Baxter's life was chiefly passed..in the assiduous discharge of parochial duties.
†4. Of things: Constant, regular. Obs.
1661Evelyn Fumifug. Misc. Writ. (1805) 1 217 The Election of this constant and assiduous food, should something concerne us. |