‖n. (Zool.) A small foxlike animal (Vulpes cama) of South Africa, valued for its fur. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. assecuratio, fr. assecurare. ] Assurance; certainty. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ LL. assecurare. ] To make sure or safe; to assure. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. assécution, fr. L. assequi to obtain; ad + sequi to follow. ] An obtaining or acquiring. [ Obs. ] Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Assagai. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. assemblage. See Assemble. ]
In sweet assemblage every blooming grace. Fenton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. OF. assemblance. ]
Care I for the . . . stature, bulk, and big assemblance of a man? Give me the spirit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
To weete [ know ] the cause of their assemblance. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Thither he assembled all his train. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
All the men of Israel assembled themselves. 1 Kings viii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To meet or come together, as a number of individuals; to convene; to congregate. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Parliament assembled in November. W. Massey. [ 1913 Webster ]