Meaning

2 senses
  1. Synonym of assoil.

    (Scotland, transitive)Followed by from or of: to acquit (someone) from a criminal charge; to find (someone) not guilty; to clear.

  2. (Scotland, archaic, transitive)To absolve or release (someone) from blame or sin; to forgive, to pardon.

Origin

A Scottish variant of assoil, from Scottish Middle English assolyhe, assolȝe, retaining th

A Scottish variant of assoil, from Scottish Middle English assolyhe, assolȝe, retaining the -le- or -li- sounds of Anglo-Norman as(s)oilier and Old French as(s)oille which were dropped in modern English spoken in England.

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Forms

assoilzies, assoilzieing, assoilzied, assoilzied
Base formassoilzie · to assoilzie
3rd person singularassoilzies
Present participleassoilzieing
Past simpleassoilzied
Past participleassoilzied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyassoilzie
he, she, itassoilzies

Past simpleLesson

all personsassoilzied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave assoilzied
he, she, ithas assoilzied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill assoilzie

Synonyms

11 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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