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■ 559 Fite 73, fUr 77, fall 83, flit 81— mi 93, lull 95—pine 105, pin 107—nA 102, ni&ve 104,

To ASPECT, as-pekt', e. a. 492. To behold.ASPECT ABLE, is-pek'tl-bl,a.405. Visible.ASl’ECTION , as-pek'shfin, s. Beholding,view.

ASPEN, is'pin, ». 103. A tree, the leavesof which always tremble.

ASPEN, aspen, «. Belonging to the asp-tree ; made of aspen wood.

ASPER, as'pur, a. 98. Rough, nigged.

To ASPERATE, as'pe-rite,u.a.91. To make

rough.

rids word, and those that succeed it of the samefamily, seem to follow the general rule in the soundof the e before r, wheu after the accent; that is, topreserve it pure, and in a separate *yllable.~SeePrinciples, No. 550.

ASPERATION, As-pe-ra'shun, s. A makingrough.

ASPERIFOLIOUS, As-per-e-fA'le-us, a.Plants, so called from the roughness of theirleaves.

ASPERITY, ds-per'e-t&, s. Unevenness,roughness of surface ; roughness of sound ;roughness or ruggedness of temper.

ASPERNATION, ds-p4r-n&'sh&n, «. Ne-glect, disregard.

ASPEROUS, as'pi-rus, a. Rough, uneven.To ASPERSE, is-perse', t. a. To bespatterwitli censure or calumny.

ASPERSION, ds-per'shun, s. A sprinkling;calumny, censure.

ASPHALTICK, As-fil'tik, a. 84. Gummy,bituminous.

ASPHALTOS, ds-fdl'tus, s. A bituminous

inflammable substance, resembling pitch, andchiefly found swimming on the surface of theLacus Asphaltitei, or Dead Sea , where an-ciently stood the cities of Sodom and Go-morrah.

ASPHALTt^W, ds-fdl'tum, s. A bituminousstone found near the ancient Babylon.ASPHODEL, ds'fo-dll, *. Day-lily.ASPICK, ds'plk, s. The name of a serpent.To ASPIRATE, as'pe-r&te, v. a. To pro-nounce with full breath, as hope, not ope. 91.ASPIRATE, ds'pe-rite, a. 91, 394. Pro-nounced with full breath.

ASPIRATION,ds-pe-r&'shun,s. A breathing

after, an ardent wish ; the act of aspiring, ordesiring something high ; the pronunciation ofa vowel with full breath.

To ASPIRE, ds-pire', t\ n. To desire witheagerness, to pant after something higher ; torise higher.

ASPORTATION, As-pAr-ti'shun, s. A car-rying away.

ASQUINT, a-skwint', ad. Obliquely, notin the straight line of vision.

ASS, Ass, s. An animal of burden; a stupid,heavy, dull fellow, a dolt.

To ASSAIL, as-sAle', c. a. To attack ina hostile manner, to assault, to fall upon ; toattack with argument or censure.

ASSAILABLE, As-sA'lA-bl, a. 405. That

which may he attacked.

ASSAILANT, ds-sd'Iant, s. He that attacks.ASSAILANT, ds-si'idnt, a. Attacking, in-vading

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ASSAILER, As-stofir,«. 98. One who at-tacks another.

ASSAPANICK, ds-sd-pdn'nlk ,s. The flyingsquirrel.

ASSASSIN, ds-sds'sln, s. A murderer, onethat kills by sudden violence.

To ASSASSINATE, ds-sas'sfc-n£te, v. a. 91.To murder by violence ; to way-lay, to takeby treachery.

ASSASSINATION, As-sAs'se-ni'shun, *.

The act of assassinating.

ASSASSINATOR, ds-sds'e-na-tur, s. Mur-derer, mankiller.

ASSATION, ds-sashSn, s. Roasting.

ASSAULT, ds-salt', s. Storm, opposed tosap or siege ; violence ; invasion, hostility, at-tack ; in law, a violent kind of injury offeredto a man’s person.

To ASSAULT, ds-salt', ti. a. To attack, toinvade.

ASSAULTER, as-salt'ur, s. One who vio-lently assaults another.

ASSAY, ds-sk', 5 . Examination; in law,the examination of measures and weights usedby the clerk of the market; the first entranceupon any thing; attack, trouble.

To ASSAY, ds-si', i\ a. To make trial of;to apply to, as the touchstone in assayingmetals; to try, to endeavour.

ASS AYER, ds-sd'ur, s. 98. An officer of themint, for the due trial of silver.

ASSECTATION, As-sek-ti'sh&n, s. At-tendance.

ASSECUTION, ds-se-ku'shun, s. Acquire-ment.

ASSEMBLAGE, As-sem'bladje, s.90. A col-lection; a number of individuals brought to-gether.

To ASSEMBLE, As-sein'bl, v. a. 405. Tobring together into one place.

To ASSEMBLE, As-sem'bl, v. n. To meettogether.

ASSEMBLY, ds-s4m'ble, s . A companymet together.

ASSENT, as-sAnt, s. The act of agreeingto any thing ; consent, agreement.

To ASSENT, ds-sent', v,n. To concede, to

yield to.

ASSENTATION, As-sen-ta'shfin, s. Com-pliance with the opinion of another out offlattery.

ASSENTMENT, ds-sint'ment, s. Consent.

To ASSERT, ds-seit, r. a. To maintain, todefend either by word? or actions; to affirm;to claim, to vindicate a title to.

ASSERTION, ds-s^r-shun, s. The act ofasserting.

ASSERTIVE , As-ser'tlv, a. 158. Positive,dogmatical.

ASSERTOR, as-scr'tur,». 98. Maintainer,vindicator, aflirmer.

To ASSERVE, ds-serv', t. a. To serve, help,or second.

To ASSESS, As-ses', v. a. To charge withany certain sum.

ASSESSION, As-sesh'un, ,. A sittingdown by one.

ASSESSMENT, ds-s4s'ment, s. The sum

j levied on oertain property ; the act of n*-j seising.