| ASSAIL | • assail v. (Transitive) To attack with harsh words or violent force (also figuratively). • ASSAIL v. to attack. |
| ASSAIS | • ASSAI n. (Tupi) a berry found in the Brazilian rainforest, aka palm berry, also ACAI. |
| ASSAMS | • ASSAM n. (Malay) in Malaysia, tamarind as used in cooking. |
| ASSART | • assart n. Forest land cleared for agriculture. • assart n. (Law, obsolete) The act or offence of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets… • assart v. To clear forest land for agriculture; remove stumps. |
| ASSAYS | • assays n. Plural of assay. • assays v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of assay. • ASSAY v. to put to the proof, to make trial of. |
| ASSENT | • assent v. (Intransitive) To agree to a proposal. • assent n. Agreement; act of agreeing. • ASSENT v. to express agreement. |
| ASSERT | • assert v. To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively. • assert v. To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of. • assert v. To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to. |
| ASSESS | • assess v. (Transitive) To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate. • assess v. (Transitive) To impose or charge, especially as punishment for an infraction. • assess v. (Transitive) To calculate and demand (the tax money due) from a person or entity. |
| ASSETS | • assets n. Plural of asset. • assets n. (Finance) Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the… • assets n. (Accounting) The left side of a balance sheet. |
| ASSIGN | • assign v. (Transitive) To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose. • assign v. (Transitive) To appoint or select (someone) for some office. • assign v. (Transitive) To allot or give (something) as a task. |
| ASSIST | • assist v. To help. • assist v. (Sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring. • assist v. (Medicine) To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy. |
| ASSIZE | • assize n. A session or inquiry made before a court or jury. • assize n. The verdict reached or pronouncement given by a panel of jurors. • assize n. An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and… |
| ASSOIL | • assoil v. (Archaic). • assoil v. (Archaic or obsolete) Followed by from or of: to release or set free (someone) from a liability, an… • assoil v. (Obsolete). |
| ASSORT | • assort v. (Transitive) To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class. • assort v. (Intransitive) To be of a kind with, to harmonise or match. • assort v. (Intransitive) To be associated with; to consort with. |
| ASSOTS | • assots v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of assot. • ASSOT v. to make a fool of. |
| ASSOTT | • ASSOTT adj. (Spenser) infatuated. |
| ASSUME | • assume v. To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof. • assume v. To take on a position, duty or form. • assume v. To adopt a feigned quality or manner; to claim without right; to arrogate. |
| ASSURE | • assure v. (Transitive) To make sure and secure; ensure. • assure v. (Transitive, followed by that or of) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something). • assure v. (Obsolete) To guarantee, promise (to do something). |