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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Assassinate \As*sas"sin*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assassinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assassinating}.] [LL. assassinatus, p. p. of assassinare.] 1. To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence. Help, neighbors, my house is broken open by force, and I am ravished, and like to be assassinated. --Dryden. 2. To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly. [Archaic] Your rhymes assassinate our fame. --Dryden. Such usage as your honorable lords Afford me, assassinated and betrayed. --Milton. Syn: To kill; murder; slay. See {Kill}. | |
