n. [ F. (cf. It. assassino), fr. Ar. ‘hashishin one who has drunk of the hashish. Under its influence the Assassins of the East, followers of the
v. t. To assassinate. [ Obs. ] Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. assassinat. ]
If I had made an assassinate upon your father. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Help, neighbors, my house is broken open by force, and I am ravished, and like to be assassinated. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Your rhymes assassinate our fame. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Such usage as your honorable lords
Afford me, assassinated and betrayed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An assassin. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Murderous. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., fr. LL. assatio, fr. L. assare to roast. ] Roasting. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]