单词 | assoil |
释义 | † assoiln. Obsolete. rare. Solution, explanation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [noun] soilingc1380 solutionc1420 invention1484 resolutiona1500 soluting1534 satisfactiona1569 assoil1589 assoiling1619 assoilmenta1680 solving1706 problem-solving1854 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xviii. 157 By way of riddle (Enigma) of which the sence can hardly be picked out, but by the parties owne assoile. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). assoilv. I. To assoil a person. 1. a. To absolve from sin, grant absolution to, pardon, forgive; = absolve v. 2 ‘ Whom God assoil!’ (Old French que Dieu assoille! Latin quem Deus absolvat!): an ejaculatory prayer for the departed. archaic. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > make confession [verb (transitive)] > hear confession, shrive shrivea776 unbindc950 assoil1297 soila1300 confess1377 releasec1405 absoil1440 absolve1528 shrift1611 society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > absolution > give absolution [verb (transitive)] shrivea776 unbindc950 assoil1297 soila1300 reconcilea1387 releasec1405 absoil1440 absolve1496 absolve1525 shrift1611 society > faith > worship > prayer > kinds of prayer > [interjection] > short Whom God assoil!1297 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 464 No man, bote þe pope one, hem asoyly ne myȝte. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 172 Þet he habbe power him to asoyli and him penonce to anioyni. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1882 Of absolucioun he on þe segge calles; & he asoyled hym. 1426 Pol. Poems II. 131 As wele on his ffader side, Henry the fifth, whom God assoille, as by Kateryne quene of Englond, his modir, whom God assoile. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 564 Pray deuoutly for the soule whom God assoile. 1638 Penit. Conf. (1657) vii. 132 God remitting whomsoever the Priest assoileth. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. x*. 290 ‘God assoilzie her!’ ejaculated old Elspeth..‘His mercy is infinite.’ 1854 T. De Quincey Autobiogr. Sketches in Select. Grave & Gay II. 96 Oxford might avail to assoil me. b. of, from the sin. archaic. ΚΠ 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 501 The pope of alle hor sunnes asoileth alle the Barons & kniȝtes. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxii. 185 To asoylye men of alle manere synnes. 1508 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. i. 44 Be assoyled clene from synne of theyr ghostly fader. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. iii. x. f. 151v The wordis of absolutioun..I assoilȝe the fra thi synnis. 1607 M. Drayton Legend Cromwel 37 Secretly assoiling of his sin. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 112 Acquitted and assoiled from the guilt of all our sins. c. from purgatory. (Cf. senses 2, 5) archaic. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > absolution > give absolution [verb (transitive)] > from purgatory assoil1483 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 21/1 And assoylle the synnars whan thou descendest into helle. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth x, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 299 He will be freed from purgatory the sooner that good people pray to assoilzie him. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > excommunication > excommunicate [verb (transitive)] > absolve from assoil1362 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. iii. 139 Heo þat ben Curset in Constorie counteþ hit not at a Russche..Heo is asoyled as sone as hire-self lykeþ. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 560 The londe was assoiled by the legat. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 501/1 Vntill hee were assoyled of his excommunication. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 206 in Justice Vindicated If any Bishop do excommunicate any person..the King may write to the Bishop, and command him to assoyl, and absolve the party. 1691 Blount's Νομο-λεξικον (ed. 2) Assoile (absolvere) Signifies to deliver, pardon, or set free from an Excommunication. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > be exempt from (a liability or obligation) [verb (transitive)] > free from obligation freeeOE unbind1297 quitclaima1325 acquit1340 excuse1340 loose1340 releasec1350 assoil1366 soilc1384 dischargea1387 quita1387 relieve1416 absoil1440 deliver1440 acquittance1448 quiet1450 acquiet1453 absolve?a1475 defease1475 skill1481 relax1511 redeema1513 exoner1533 exonerate1548 solvec1550 distask1592 disgage1594 upsolve1601 disoblige1603 disengage1611 to get off1623 exclude1632 supersedea1644 to let off1814 to let out1869 1366 Mandeville's Trav. iii. 18 To whom God ȝaf his pleyn Power, for to bynde and to assoille. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Macc. x. 29 Now y assoile you, and alle Jewis, of tributis. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 113 Þe same pope..cursed him, and asoiled al his barones fro þat feith whech þei had mad to him. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 266/2 She..was assoilled of her vowe. 1650 S. Clarke Marrow Eccl. Hist. (1654) I. 507 A lawful oath, from which no man can assoile you. 4. a. To acquit (a person) of a criminal charge, to pronounce not guilty, to clear; = absolve v. 4a. Const. of, from. archaic (see 1b). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > acquittal or clearing of accusation > acquit or clear of accusation [verb (transitive)] quitc1300 acquita1393 discharge?a1439 acquittance1448 assoil1528 rid1530 absolve1539 to bring off1609 disimpeach1611 1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iii, in Wks. 211/2 Than may the iudges acquite and assoyle the defendaunt. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. xviii. f. 92 Whom Cesar doth condemne, God sumtime doth assoyle. 1647 O. Cromwell Let. 11 Mar. xxv. (Carl.) The houses did assoil the army from all suspicion. a1667 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. (1678) 88 Many persons think themselves fairly assoiled, because they are..not of scandalous Lives. 1834 C. Lamb Lett. (1935) III. 406 If the candlestick be not removed, I assoil myself. b. esp. in Scots Law, where assoilzie (i.e. assoilȝie, assoilyie) is still the proper term for: To acquit by sentence of court. ΚΠ 1603–5 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1735) 155 Being assoilzied he continued the greatest Favourite at Court. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem iv. xxviii. (Jam.) The malefactour assoilyied at the instance of the partie. a1691 Sir G. Mackenzie in Stewart's Trial (1753) 143 The chief actor must be first discussed, and either found guilty or assoilzied. a1805 A. Carlyle Autobiogr. (1860) vi. 235 Clear in their judgement that the panel should be assoilzied and the Presbytery taken to task. 1865 Morning Star 5 Dec. The action could not be maintained, and the defendants were entitled to be assoillzied. 5. To release, deliver, set free; to discharge. Const. of, from. archaic. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] freeeOE letc1000 alithOE areim-ena1250 alaskic1300 fritha1325 loose1340 unfetterc1374 to let goc1384 releasec1384 freitha1400 to let farea1400 assoil1401 remit1467 affranchise1477 resplaitc1531 discussa1542 freedom1548 to set (go, walk, etc.) free1609 re-enfranchise1611 unhook1611 unloose1614 liberate1623 disenfranchise1626 assert1638 relinquish1671 uncork1749 unfankle1824 1401 in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1859) II. 38 When ye han assoiled me..In truth I shall soile thee of thine orders. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. Cix/1 The sayd bysshop now beyng cardynal was assoiled of his bishoprich of wynchester. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. x. sig. K4v Till from her bands the spright assoiled is. 1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 400 To assoile all the sea craft of Thracia from the power and jurisdiction of Philippus. 1840 T. Hood Open Quest. in New Monthly Mag. Aug. 530 What harm if men who burn the midnight-oil..Seek once a-week their spirits to assoil? 1850 E. B. Browning Wks. I. 330 Death's mild curfew shall from work assoil. II. To assoil a thing. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > find solution, solve [verb (transitive)] findOE assoilc1374 soil1382 contrive1393 to find outc1405 resolvea1438 absolvea1525 solute?1531 solve?1541 dissolve1549 get1559 salvec1571 to beat out1577 sort1581 explicate1582 untiea1586 loose1596 unsolve1631 cracka1640 unscruple1647 metagrobolize1653 to puzzle out1717 to work out1719 to get around ——1803 to dope out1906 lick1946 to get out1951 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. iii. 154 Þat þei mowen assoilen and vnknytten þe knot of þis questioun. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. iii. 236 Þis asketh dauid; And dauyd assoileth it hymself. 1485 W. Caxton Trevisa's Higden (1527) 1 This questyon and doubte is easy to assoyle. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. i. 138 The pepil..thar petitions gettis assolȝeit heir. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark xi. f. 28 Soyle me this question. a1591 H. Smith Serm. (1593) 259 Nebuchadnezzar cannot assoile his owne dreame. 1602 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xiii. lxxvii. 318 Sybil, assoiling Oracles in Caue. 1696 W. Whiston Disc. conc. Mosaick Hist. Creation 63 in New Theory of Earth Fewer difficulties in the consideration of the Books themselves, than in the..very Comments which ought to assoil 'em. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] > an argument, statement, etc. assoilc1370 disprovec1380 soilc1380 conclude1388 unprovea1425 denyc1425 oppugn?1435 deprevea1450 refelc1450 disapprove1481 impreve1488 confute1529 deprove1530 convince?1531 refute1533 save1591 convict1593 elide1593 redargue1613 to wrestle off1639 c1370 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 388 Argumentis þat may not be asoylid. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 78 A good clerk couthe not assoile the firste obieccioun. 1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 587 For the fuller assoyling this objection. 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials I. xxxviii. 300 To confute the pope's primacy..and to assoyl Pole's arguments. 8. To purge oneself from, purge, expiate, atone for. (From 1, 2.) archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > eradicate or extirpate fornimOE to put awaya1382 outroot?a1425 unroot?a1425 out-razec1425 to pluck up1484 avell1530 sweep1560 depopulate1576 ruina1586 assoil1596 to lay aside1596 untop1598 displant1603 float1606 to take off1619 amolish1624 uproota1639 eradicate1647 to lay by1681 to polish off1827 uprend1911 to zero out1951 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > atone for [verb (transitive)] beetc897 i-bye10.. abyelOE answer?a1300 buya1300 amendc1300 mendc1330 forbuy1340 redressa1387 answera1400 byea1400 filla1400 peasea1400 ransoma1400 to pay for——c1400 recompense?a1439 abidea1450 satisfyc1460 redeema1464 repaira1513 syth1513 reconcile1535 acquit1567 dispense1590 assoil1596 propitiate1610 expiatea1626 atone1661 retrievea1679 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. vi. sig. F4 Well weeting how their errour to assoyle . View more context for this quotation 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 453 To expiate and assoile the carnage and execution don vpon the enemies. 1693 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis (new ed.) 162 To assoil crimes or accusations—i.e. to free himself from them. 1879 E. Arnold Light of Asia viii. 228 Let each act Assoil a fault or help a merit grow. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > discharge (an obligation) [verb (transitive)] pay?c1225 ministera1382 acquitc1460 discharge1542 assoil1596 1596 E. Spenser Daphnaida lxxvii Till that you come where ye your vowes assoyle. ΚΠ 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. i. sig. Cc5 She soundly slept, & carefull thoughts did quite assoile. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. v. sig. E5v In seeking him, that should her paine assoyle . View more context for this quotation III. To render soiled. 11. To soil, sully. ΚΠ 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil III. vi. v. 192 Is it that the world has assoiled my soul? Yet I have not tasted of worldly joys. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1589v.1297 |
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