As*soil" (#), v. t. [OF. assoiler, absoiler, assoldre, F. absoudre, L. absolvere. See Absolve.]
1.
To set free; to release.
[Archaic]
Till from her hands the spright assoiled is.
Spenser.
2.
To solve; to clear up.
[Obs.]
Any child might soon be able to assoil this riddle.
Bp. Jewel.
3.
To set free from guilt; to absolve.
[Archaic]
Acquitted and assoiled from the guilt.
Dr. H. More.
Many persons think themselves fairly assoiled, because they are . . . not of scandalous lives.
Jer. Taylor.
4.
To expiate; to atone for.
[Archaic]
Spenser.
Let each act assoil a fault.
E. Arnold.
5.
To remove; to put off.
[Obs.]
She soundly slept, and careful thoughts did quite assoil.
Spenser.
© Webster 1913.
As*soil", v. t. [Pref. ad- + soil.]
To soil; to stain.
[Obs. or Poet.]
Beau. & Fl.
Ne'er assoil my cobwebbed shield.
Wordsworth.
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