Defn: To absolve; to acquit by sentence of court.
God assoilzie him for the sin of bloodshed. Sir W. Scott.
ASSONANCE
As"so*nance, n. Etym: [Cf. F. assonance. See Assonant.]
1. Resemblance of sound. "The disagreeable assonance of Steevens.
2. (Pros.)
Defn: A peculiar species of rhyme, in which the last accented vowel and those which follow it in one word correspond in sound with the vowels of another word, while the consonants of the two words are unlike in sound; as, calamo and platano, baby and chary. The assonance is peculiar to the Spaniard. Hallam.
3. Incomplete correspondence. Assonance between facts seemingly remote. Lowell.
ASSONANT As"so*nant, a. Etym: [L. assonans, p. pr. of assonare to sound to, to correspond to in sound; ad + sonare to sound, sonus sound: cf. F. assonant. See Sound.]
1. Having a resemblance of sounds.
2. (Pros.)
Defn: Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called assonance; not consonant.