v. t. To assassinate. [ Obs. ] Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]
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.
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. [ F. assassinat. ]
If I had made an assassinate upon your father. B. Jonson. [ 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 ]