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{
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"tags": [
"obsolete",
"rare"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"noun"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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}
],
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"2": "*h₂epó"
},
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"name": "l"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "h₂epó"
},
"expansion": "PIE word\n *h₂epó",
"name": "PIE word"
},
{
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},
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},
{
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},
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},
{
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"2": "enm",
"3": "assoilen",
"t": "to absolve or release from blame or sin"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "xno",
"3": "assoiler",
"4": "as(s)oiler"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"3": "as(s)oilier"
},
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},
{
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"2": "fro",
"3": "assoille",
"4": "as(s)oille"
},
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},
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},
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"name": "nb..."
},
{
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"1": "present"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "subjunctive"
},
"expansion": "subjunctive",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "assoil",
"3": "as(s)oil"
},
"expansion": "as(s)oil",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "indicative"
},
"expansion": "indicative",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "assoldre",
"3": "as(s)oldre"
},
"expansion": "as(s)oldre",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "assoudre",
"3": "as(s)oudre",
"t": "to absolve from blame"
},
"expansion": "as(s)oudre (“to absolve from blame”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "absoudre"
},
"expansion": "French absoudre",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "absoluere"
},
"expansion": "Latin absoluere",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "active"
},
"expansion": "active",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "infinitive"
},
"expansion": "infinitive",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "absoluō"
},
"expansion": "absoluō",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "absolvō",
"t": "to set free from"
},
"expansion": "absolvō (“to set free from”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "prefix"
},
"expansion": "prefix",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ab-",
"pos": "prefix meaning ‘away from’"
},
"expansion": "ab- (prefix meaning ‘away from’)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "solvō",
"t": "to loosen, set free"
},
"expansion": "solvō (“to loosen, set free”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "sē-",
"t": "prefix meaning ‘apart; aside; away’"
},
"expansion": "sē- (“prefix meaning ‘apart; aside; away’”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "luō",
"t": "to let go, set free"
},
"expansion": "luō (“to let go, set free”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*lewH-",
"t": "to cut off, to free"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to cut off, to free”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "absolve",
"3": "assoilzie"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of absolve and assoilzie",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English assoilen (“to absolve or release from blame or sin”), from Anglo-Norman as(s)oiler, as(s)oilier, and Old French as(s)oille [and other forms], the present subjunctive, and as(s)oil, the present indicative, of as(s)oldre, as(s)oudre (“to absolve from blame”) (modern French absoudre), from Latin absoluere, the present active infinitive of absoluō, a variant of absolvō (“to set free from”), from ab- (prefix meaning ‘away from’) + solvō (“to loosen, set free”) (from sē- (“prefix meaning ‘apart; aside; away’”) + luō (“to let go, set free”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to cut off, to free”). Doublet of absolve and assoilzie.",
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{
"form": "assoils",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "assoiling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "assoiled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "assoiled",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
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"expansion": "assoil (third-person singular simple present assoils, present participle assoiling, simple past and past participle assoiled)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"as‧soil"
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "assoilzie"
}
],
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"categories": [
{
"_dis": "11 1 21 25 7 2 2 22 8 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To absolve or release (someone) from blame or sin; to forgive, to pardon."
],
"id": "en-assoil-en-verb-qPULO-5U",
"links": [
[
"absolve",
"absolve"
],
[
"release",
"release#Verb"
],
[
"blame",
"blame#Noun"
],
[
"sin",
"sin#Noun"
],
[
"forgive",
"forgive"
],
[
"pardon",
"pardon#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic)",
"To absolve or release (someone) from blame or sin; to forgive, to pardon."
],
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{
"tags": [
"Scotland"
],
"word": "assoilze"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To atone or expiate for (something)."
],
"id": "en-assoil-en-verb-ZFXiWDUU",
"links": [
[
"atone",
"atone"
],
[
"expiate",
"expiate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic)",
"To atone or expiate for (something)."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Law",
"orig": "en:Law",
"parents": [
"Justice",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "11 1 21 25 7 2 2 22 8 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 5 12 18 12 6 6 19 9 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with ad-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Followed by from or of: to acquit (someone) from a criminal charge; to find (someone) not guilty; to clear."
],
"id": "en-assoil-en-verb-I-4NaPAE",
"links": [
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"from",
"from"
],
[
"of",
"of"
],
[
"acquit",
"acquit"
],
[
"criminal",
"criminal#Adjective"
],
[
"charge",
"charge#Noun"
],
[
"find",
"find#Verb"
],
[
"guilty",
"guilty"
],
[
"clear",
"clear#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic)",
"(law) Followed by from or of: to acquit (someone) from a criminal charge; to find (someone) not guilty; to clear."
],
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{
"tags": [
"Scotland"
],
"topics": [
"law"
],
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}
],
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"archaic",
"transitive"
],
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"law"
]
},
{
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{
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{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with ad-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Followed by from or of: to release or set free (someone) from a liability, an obligation, etc.; to discharge."
],
"id": "en-assoil-en-verb-eAH91V6K",
"links": [
[
"set free",
"set free"
],
[
"liability",
"liability"
],
[
"obligation",
"obligation"
],
[
"discharge",
"discharge#Verb"
]
],
"qualifier": "archaic or obsolete",
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic or obsolete) Followed by from or of: to release or set free (someone) from a liability, an obligation, etc.; to discharge."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with ad-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1565, Thomas Stapleton, chapter 14, in A Fortresse of the Faith […], Antwerp: […] Ihon Laet, […], →OCLC, folio 65, verso",
"text": "I ſaie, aſſoyleth this doubt and queſtion, by the only argument and aſſuraunce of the knovven Catholik church of Chriſt.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1567 November 6 (Gregorian calendar), Iohn Iewel [i.e. John Jewel], “The Apologie, Cap. 13, Diuision. 1.”, in A Defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande, Conteininge an Answeare to a Certaine Booke Lately Set Foorthe by M. Hardinge, and Entituled, A Confutation of &c., London: […] Henry Wykes, →OCLC, 2nd part, page 235",
"text": "Here M. [Thomas] Harding once againe moueth a very néedeleſſe queſtion. VVe demaunde, ſaithe he, vvhether vvee receiue the ſame Body of Chriſte by Faithe onely, vvithout our Body, or vvith the office of our Body. Any childe might ſoone be hable to aſſoile this reddle.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To clear up or resolve (a difficulty, doubt, problem, etc.); to absolve, to solve."
],
"id": "en-assoil-en-verb-kUQisujd",
"links": [
[
"clear up",
"clear up"
],
[
"resolve",
"resolve#Verb"
],
[
"difficulty",
"difficulty"
],
[
"doubt",
"doubt#Noun"
],
[
"problem",
"problem#Noun"
],
[
"solve",
"solve#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete)",
"To clear up or resolve (a difficulty, doubt, problem, etc.); to absolve, to solve."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "soil"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "soyle"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To refute (an argument, an objection, etc.)."
],
"id": "en-assoil-en-verb-ZQbupGDe",
"links": [
[
"refute",
"refute"
],
[
"argument",
"argument#Noun"
],
[
"objection",
"objection"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete)",
"To refute (an argument, an objection, etc.)."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To discharge (a liability, an obligation, etc.)."
],
"id": "en-assoil-en-verb-NyUO7P5k",
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete)",
"(rare) To discharge (a liability, an obligation, etc.)."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"rare",
"transitive"
]
},
{
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{
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"kind": "other",
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
"_dis": "8 5 12 18 12 6 6 19 9 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with ad-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To get rid of, put off, or remove (something)."
],
"id": "en-assoil-en-verb--90ElkoV",
"links": [
[
"get rid of",
"get rid of"
],
[
"put off",
"put off"
],
[
"remove",
"remove#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete)",
"(rare) To get rid of, put off, or remove (something)."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"rare",
"transitive"
]
},
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"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Christianity",
"orig": "en:Christianity",
"parents": [
"Abrahamism",
"Religion",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To absolve or release (someone) from excommunication or some other religious offence."
],
"id": "en-assoil-en-verb--15eG77A",
"links": [
[
"Christianity",
"Christianity"
],
[
"excommunication",
"excommunication"
],
[
"religious",
"religious"
],
[
"offence",
"offense"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete)",
"(Christianity) To absolve or release (someone) from excommunication or some other religious offence."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"Christianity"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/əˈsɔɪl/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔɪl"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
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{
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "assoyle"
}
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{
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},
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{
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"2": "ad",
"3": "soil",
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"t2": "to make dirty"
},
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"name": "prefix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Possibly from a- (intensifying prefix) or ad- (prefix meaning ‘to, toward’, or indicating an addition or tendency) + soil (“to make dirty”), perhaps influenced by assoil (etymology 1).",
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{
"form": "assoils",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "assoiling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "assoiled",
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"past"
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"form": "assoiled",
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}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To make (something) dirty or soiled; to soil; to stain; to sully."
],
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[
"make",
"make#Verb"
],
[
"dirty",
"dirty"
],
[
"soiled",
"soiled#Adjective"
],
[
"soil",
"soil#Verb"
],
[
"stain",
"stain#Verb"
],
[
"sully",
"sully#Verb"
]
],
"qualifier": "archaic or obsolete",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, archaic or obsolete) To make (something) dirty or soiled; to soil; to stain; to sully."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/əˈsɔɪl/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔɪl"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
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}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old French",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂epó",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *swé",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms prefixed with ad-",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English transitive verbs",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɔɪl",
"Rhymes:English/ɔɪl/2 syllables"
],
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{
"tags": [
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"rare"
],
"word": "assoiler"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
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},
{
"word": "assoilment"
}
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"name": "l"
},
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{
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"3": "assoilen",
"t": "to absolve or release from blame or sin"
},
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"3": "assoiler",
"4": "as(s)oiler"
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"4": "as(s)oille"
},
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},
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"otherforms": "1"
},
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"name": "nb..."
},
{
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"1": "present"
},
"expansion": "present",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "subjunctive"
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"expansion": "subjunctive",
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},
{
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"1": "fro",
"2": "assoil",
"3": "as(s)oil"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "indicative"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "assoldre",
"3": "as(s)oldre"
},
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{
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"1": "fro",
"2": "assoudre",
"3": "as(s)oudre",
"t": "to absolve from blame"
},
"expansion": "as(s)oudre (“to absolve from blame”)",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "absoudre"
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "absoluere"
},
"expansion": "Latin absoluere",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "active"
},
"expansion": "active",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "infinitive"
},
"expansion": "infinitive",
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},
{
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"1": "la",
"2": "absoluō"
},
"expansion": "absoluō",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "absolvō",
"t": "to set free from"
},
"expansion": "absolvō (“to set free from”)",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "prefix"
},
"expansion": "prefix",
"name": "glossary"
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ab-",
"pos": "prefix meaning ‘away from’"
},
"expansion": "ab- (prefix meaning ‘away from’)",
"name": "m"
},
{
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"1": "la",
"2": "solvō",
"t": "to loosen, set free"
},
"expansion": "solvō (“to loosen, set free”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "sē-",
"t": "prefix meaning ‘apart; aside; away’"
},
"expansion": "sē- (“prefix meaning ‘apart; aside; away’”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "luō",
"t": "to let go, set free"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*lewH-",
"t": "to cut off, to free"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to cut off, to free”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "absolve",
"3": "assoilzie"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of absolve and assoilzie",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "assoiling",
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"participle",
"present"
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"participle",
"past"
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]
}
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"as‧soil"
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To absolve or release (someone) from blame or sin; to forgive, to pardon."
],
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[
"absolve",
"absolve"
],
[
"release",
"release#Verb"
],
[
"blame",
"blame#Noun"
],
[
"sin",
"sin#Noun"
],
[
"forgive",
"forgive"
],
[
"pardon",
"pardon#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic)",
"To absolve or release (someone) from blame or sin; to forgive, to pardon."
],
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{
"tags": [
"Scotland"
],
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}
],
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"archaic",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To atone or expiate for (something)."
],
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[
"atone",
"atone"
],
[
"expiate",
"expiate"
]
],
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"(archaic)",
"To atone or expiate for (something)."
],
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"archaic",
"transitive"
]
},
{
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"English terms with archaic senses",
"en:Law"
],
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"Followed by from or of: to acquit (someone) from a criminal charge; to find (someone) not guilty; to clear."
],
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[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"from",
"from"
],
[
"of",
"of"
],
[
"acquit",
"acquit"
],
[
"criminal",
"criminal#Adjective"
],
[
"charge",
"charge#Noun"
],
[
"find",
"find#Verb"
],
[
"guilty",
"guilty"
],
[
"clear",
"clear#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic)",
"(law) Followed by from or of: to acquit (someone) from a criminal charge; to find (someone) not guilty; to clear."
],
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{
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"Scotland"
],
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"law"
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"law"
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},
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"English terms with archaic senses",
"English terms with obsolete senses"
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"Followed by from or of: to release or set free (someone) from a liability, an obligation, etc.; to discharge."
],
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[
"set free",
"set free"
],
[
"liability",
"liability"
],
[
"obligation",
"obligation"
],
[
"discharge",
"discharge#Verb"
]
],
"qualifier": "archaic or obsolete",
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"(archaic or obsolete) Followed by from or of: to release or set free (someone) from a liability, an obligation, etc.; to discharge."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1565, Thomas Stapleton, chapter 14, in A Fortresse of the Faith […], Antwerp: […] Ihon Laet, […], →OCLC, folio 65, verso",
"text": "I ſaie, aſſoyleth this doubt and queſtion, by the only argument and aſſuraunce of the knovven Catholik church of Chriſt.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1567 November 6 (Gregorian calendar), Iohn Iewel [i.e. John Jewel], “The Apologie, Cap. 13, Diuision. 1.”, in A Defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande, Conteininge an Answeare to a Certaine Booke Lately Set Foorthe by M. Hardinge, and Entituled, A Confutation of &c., London: […] Henry Wykes, →OCLC, 2nd part, page 235",
"text": "Here M. [Thomas] Harding once againe moueth a very néedeleſſe queſtion. VVe demaunde, ſaithe he, vvhether vvee receiue the ſame Body of Chriſte by Faithe onely, vvithout our Body, or vvith the office of our Body. Any childe might ſoone be hable to aſſoile this reddle.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To clear up or resolve (a difficulty, doubt, problem, etc.); to absolve, to solve."
],
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[
"clear up",
"clear up"
],
[
"resolve",
"resolve#Verb"
],
[
"difficulty",
"difficulty"
],
[
"doubt",
"doubt#Noun"
],
[
"problem",
"problem#Noun"
],
[
"solve",
"solve#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete)",
"To clear up or resolve (a difficulty, doubt, problem, etc.); to absolve, to solve."
],
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{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "soil"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "soyle"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To refute (an argument, an objection, etc.)."
],
"links": [
[
"refute",
"refute"
],
[
"argument",
"argument#Noun"
],
[
"objection",
"objection"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete)",
"To refute (an argument, an objection, etc.)."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To discharge (a liability, an obligation, etc.)."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete)",
"(rare) To discharge (a liability, an obligation, etc.)."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"rare",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To get rid of, put off, or remove (something)."
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[
"get rid of",
"get rid of"
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[
"put off",
"put off"
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[
"remove",
"remove#Verb"
]
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"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete)",
"(rare) To get rid of, put off, or remove (something)."
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"tags": [
"obsolete",
"rare",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"en:Christianity"
],
"glosses": [
"To absolve or release (someone) from excommunication or some other religious offence."
],
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[
"Christianity",
"Christianity"
],
[
"excommunication",
"excommunication"
],
[
"religious",
"religious"
],
[
"offence",
"offense"
]
],
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"(obsolete)",
"(Christianity) To absolve or release (someone) from excommunication or some other religious offence."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"Christianity"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/əˈsɔɪl/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔɪl"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
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{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "assoyle"
}
],
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}
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"English 2-syllable words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms prefixed with ad-",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɔɪl",
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],
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{
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"present",
"singular",
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]
},
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"English transitive verbs"
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"dirty",
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}
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],
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