Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 100
Associate (n.) [C] 夥伴；同事；朋友；合夥人；有關聯的事物 A partner in interest, as in business; or a confederate in a league.
Associate (n.) One connected with an association or institution without the full rights or privileges of a regular member; as, an associate of the Royal Academy.
Associate (n.) Anything closely or usually connected with another; an concomitant.
The one [idea] no sooner comes into the understanding, than its associate appears with it. -- Locke.
Syn: Companion; mate; fellow; friend; ally; partner; coadjutor; comrade; accomplice.
Associate (a.) 夥伴的；共事的；合夥的；副的 Having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status; "an associate member"; "an associate professor".
Associate (n.) A person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor; "he had to consult his associate before continuing".
Associate (n.) A friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms" [syn: {companion}, {comrade}, {fellow}, {familiar}, {associate}].
Associate (n.) A person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise; "associates in the law firm bill at a lower rate than do partners".
Associate (n.) Any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate".
Associate (n.) A degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies [syn: {associate degree}, {associate}].
Associate (v.) Make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" [syn: {associate}, {tie in}, {relate}, {link}, {colligate}, {link up}, {connect}] [ant: {decouple}, {dissociate}].
Associate (v.) Keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" [syn: {consort}, {associate}, {affiliate}, {assort}].
Associate (v.) Bring or come into association or action; "The churches consociated to fight their dissolution" [syn: {consociate}, {associate}].
Associate (v.) [With object] (Often Associate someone/ something with) Connect (someone or something) with something else in one's mind.
‘I associated wealth with freedom.’
Associate (v.) [With object] Connect (something) with something else because they occur together or one produces the other.
‘The environmental problems associated with nuclear waste.’
Associate (v.) [With object] (Be associated with) Be involved with.
‘She has been associated with the project from the first.’
Associate (v.) [With object] (Associate oneself with) Allow oneself to be connected with or seen to be supportive of.
‘I cannot associate myself with some of the language used.’
Associate (v.) [No object] Meet or have dealings with someone regarded with disapproval.
‘He began to associate with the Mafia.’
Associate (n.) A partner or companion in business or at work.
‘A close associate of the Minister.’
Associate (n.) A person with limited or subordinate membership of an organization.
‘An Associate of the Linnaean Society.’
Associate (n.) (Psychology) A concept connected with another.
‘The patient was asked to commit to memory a list of five paired associates.’
Associate (a.) (Attributive) Connected with an organization or business.
‘An associate company.’
Associate (a.) Having shared function or membership but with a lesser status.
‘The associate director of the academy.’
Associated (a.) Joined as a companion; brought into association; accompanying; combined.
Associateship (n.) 為準會員，準社員之職位 The state of an associate, as in Academy or an office.
Associateship (n.) The position of associate (as in an office or academy).
Associateship (n.) (pl. - s) The rank or period of being an associate.
Association (n.) 協會，公會，社團 [C]；聯盟 [C] The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things. "Some . . . bond of association." -- Hooker.
Self-denial is a kind of holy association with God. -- Boyle.
Association (n.) Mental connection, or that which is mentally linked or associated with a thing.
Words . . . must owe their powers association. -- Johnson.
Why should . . . the holiest words, with all their venerable associations, be profaned? -- Coleridge.
Association (n.) Union of persons in a company or society for some particular purpose; as, the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a benevolent association. Specifically, as among the Congregationalists, a society, consisting of a number of ministers, generally the pastors of neighboring churches, united for promoting the interests of religion and the harmony of the churches.
{Association of ideas} (Physiol.), the combination or connection of states of mind or their objects with one another, as the result of which one is said to be revived or represented by means of the other. The relations according to which they are thus connected or revived are called the law of association. Prominent among them are reckoned the relations of time and place, and of cause and effect. -- Porter.
Association (n.) A formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association".
Association (n.) The act of consorting with or joining with others; "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association".
Association (n.) The state of being connected together as in memory or imagination; "his association of his father with being beaten was too strong to break" [ant: {disassociation}].
Association (n.) The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association" [syn: {association}, {connection}, {connexion}].
Association (n.) A social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England" [syn: {affiliation}, {association}, {tie}, {tie-up}]
Association (n.) A relation resulting from interaction or dependence; "flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear"; "the host is not always injured by association with a parasite".
Association (n.) (Chemistry) Any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding.
Association (n.) (Ecology) A group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species.
Association (n.) (Group) (B2) [ C, + sing/ pl. verb ] 協會；社團；聯盟 A group of people who work together in a single organization for a particular purpose.
// The Football Association.
// The British Medical Association is/ are campaigning for a complete ban on tobacco advertising.
Association (n.) (Involvement) (C1) [ U ] 聯繫；關係；關聯 The fact of being involved with or connected to someone or something.
// Her association with the university.
// This event was organized in association with a local school.
Association (n.) (Involvement) [ C or U ] 聯想 A feeling or thought that relates to someone or something.
// The beach has positive associations for me as I used to spend my holidays there.
Associational (a.) 聯想的 Of or pertaining to association, or to an association.
Associational (a.) Pertaining to the theory held by the associationists.
Associational (a.) Of or relating to associations or associationism.
Associationism (n.) 聯想心理學；觀念聯想論 The doctrine or theory held by associationists.
Associationism (n.) (Psychology) A theory that association is the basic principle of mental activity [syn: {associationism}, {association theory}].
Associationist (n.) 聯想論者 One who explains the higher functions and relations of the soul by the association of ideas; e. g., Hartley, J. C. Mill.
Associative (a.) 聯合的；組合的；聯想的 Having the quality of associating; tending or leading to association; as, the associative faculty. -- Hugh Miller.
Associative (a.) Characterized by or causing or resulting from the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination ; "associative learning" [syn: {associative}, {associatory}] [ant: {nonassociative}].
Associator (n.) 夥伴，社員，會員 An associate; a confederate or partner in any scheme.
How Pennsylvania's air agrees with Quakers, And Carolina's with associators. -- Dryden.
Assoil (v. t.) 【古】 赦免；釋放；補償 To set free; to release. [Archaic]
Till from her hands the spright assoiled is. -- Spenser.
Assoil (v. t.) To solve; to clear up. [Obs.]
Any child might soon be able to assoil this riddle. -- Bp. Jewel.
Assoil (v. t.) To set free from guilt; to absolve. [Archaic]
Acquitted and assoiled from the guilt. -- Dr. H. More.
Many persons think themselves fairly assoiled, because they are . . . not of scandalous lives. -- Jer. Taylor.
Assoil (v. t.) To expiate; to atone for. [Archaic] -- Spenser.
Let each act assoil a fault. -- E. Arnold.
Assoil (v. t.) To remove; to put off. [Obs.]
She soundly slept, and careful thoughts did quite assoil.
Assoil (v. t.) To soil; to stain. [Obs. or Poet.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Ne'er assoil my cobwebbed shield. -- Wordsworth.
Assoil (v.) Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges" [syn: {acquit}, {assoil}, {clear}, {discharge}, {exonerate}, {exculpate}] [ant: {convict}].
Assoilment (n.) Act of assoiling, or state of being assoiled; absolution; acquittal.
Assoilment (n.) A soiling; defilement. Assoilize
Assoilment (In British) (n.) The state or act of forgiveness or deliverance from transgression or denunciation.
Assoilment (In British) (n.) Contamination or degradation caused by transgression or evil-doing.
Compare: Soiling
Soiling (n.) (- pl. Soilings) 弄髒；汙物；污漬；遺糞 An act of making dirty.
Compare: Defilement
Defilement (n.) [Mass noun] 弄髒；汙穢；汙辱 The action of defiling or the state of being defiled.
‘The heinous defilement of their most sacred site.’
[Count noun] ‘The purification of all defilements.’
Compare: Heinous
Heinous (a.) (Of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) 可憎的；兇惡的；令人髮指的 Utterly odious or wicked.
‘A battery of heinous crimes.’
Compare: Assoilize
Assoilize ()-to acquit or find not guilty. Civil-to find for the defender/ respondent.
Assoilzie (v. t.) Alt. of Assoilyie
Assoilyie (v. t.) To absolve; to acquit by sentence of court.
God assoilzie him for the sin of bloodshed. -- Sir W. Scott.
Assonance (n.) 諧音；（詩的）準押韻，半諧音 Resemblance of sound. "The disagreeable assonance of `sheath' and `sheathed.'" -- Steevens.
Assonance (n.) (Pros.) 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.
Assonance (n.) Incomplete correspondence.
Assonance between facts seemingly remote. -- Lowell.
Assonance (n.) The repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words [syn: {assonance}, {vowel rhyme}].
Assonant (a.) 類韻的；母韻的 Having a resemblance of sounds.
Assonant (a.) (Pros.) Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called assonance; not consonant.
Assonant (a.) Having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables; "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'".
Assonant (a.) Having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables.
Assonantal (a.) Assonant.
Assonate (v. i.) To correspond in sound.
Assonate (v.) Correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance; "The accented vowels assonated in this poem".
Assorted (imp. & p. p.) of Assort
Assorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assort
Assort (v. t.) 把……分類；把……分級 To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to assort goods.
Note: [Rarely applied to persons.]
They appear . . . no ways assorted to those with whom they must associate. -- Burke.
Assort (v. t.) To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods; as, to assort a cargo.
Assort (v. i.) 相配；相稱；交際；交往 To agree; to be in accordance; to be adapted; to suit; to fall into a class or place. -- Mitford.
Assort (v.) Keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" [syn: {consort}, {associate}, {affiliate}, {assort}].
Assort (v.) Arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" [syn: {classify}, {class}, {sort}, {assort}, {sort out}, {separate}].
Assorted (a.) 各色具備的，什錦的；各種各樣（混在一起）的 [Z]；（常構成複合詞）相配的，合適的；分類的 [Z] Selected; culled.
Assorted (a.) Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards [syn: {assorted}, {miscellaneous}, {mixed}, {motley}, {sundry(a)}].
Assorted (a.) Of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity; "assorted sizes"; "his disguises are many and various"; "various experiments have failed to disprove the theory"; "cited various reasons for his behavior" [syn: {assorted}, {various}].
Assortment (n.) 分類；各色各樣的搭配；什錦物 Act of assorting, or distributing into sorts, kinds, or classes.
Assortment (n.) A collection or quantity of things distributed into kinds or sorts; a number of things assorted.
Assortment (n.) A collection containing a variety of sorts or kinds adapted to various wants, demands, or purposes; as, an assortment of goods.
Assortment (n.) A collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions" [syn: {assortment}, {mixture}, {mixed bag}, {miscellany}, {miscellanea}, {variety}, {salmagundi}, {smorgasbord}, {potpourri}, {motley}].
Assortment (n.) The act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type [syn: {categorization}, {categorisation}, {classification}, {compartmentalization}, {compartmentalisation}, {assortment}].
Assot (v. t.) 使糊塗；使迷惑；使醉 To besot; to befool; to beguile; to infatuate. [Obs.]
Some ecstasy assotted had his sense. -- Spenser.
Compare: Infatuate
Infatuate (v.) (Be infatuated with) (v. t.) 使衝昏頭腦；使糊塗；使熱戀；使著迷 Be inspired with an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for.
‘She is infatuated with a handsome police chief.’
Compare: Ecstasy
Ecstasy (n.) [Mass noun] [U] [C] 狂喜；出神；入迷 [（+of/ over）；（宗教的）入迷狀態；合成迷幻藥 An overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement.
‘There was a look of ecstasy on his face.’
[Count noun] ‘They went into ecstasies over the view.’
Ecstasy (n.) [Mass noun] An emotional or religious frenzy or trance-like state, originally one involving an experience of mystic self-transcendence.
Ecstasy (n.) [Mass noun] An amphetamine-based recreational drug having euphoric effects, typically taken in the form of a pill and particularly associated with clubbing and dance music subcultures.
Assot (a.) Dazed; foolish; infatuated. [Obs.]
Willie, I ween thou be assot. -- Spenser.
Compare: Infatuated
Infatuated (a.) （通常短期）熱戀的，著迷的 Having a very strong but not usually lasting feeling of love or attraction for someone or something.
// She was infatuated with her boss.
Syn: Smitten
Compare: Smitten
Smitten (a.) 突然迷上的，突然愛上的 Having suddenly started to like or love something or someone very much.
// The story's about a man smitten with love for his wife's cousin.
// He was so smitten by her that he promised to move to Argentina to be near her.
Assuaged (imp. & p. p.) of Assuage
Assuaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assuage
Assuage (v. t.) 緩和，減輕（病痛等）； 滿足（食慾，慾望等）；使安靜 To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire.
Assuage (v. i.) To abate or subside.
Assuagement (n.) 緩和（物）；鎮靜 Mitigation; abatement.
Assuagement (n.) The feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief" [syn: {relief}, {alleviation}, {assuagement}].
Assuager (n.) (pl. - s) One who, or that which, assuages.
Assuager (n.) Someone who or something which assuages.
Assuasive (a.) 緩和的 Mitigating; tranquilizing; soothing. [R.]
Music her soft assuasive voice applies. -- Pope.
Assuasive (a.) Freeing from fear and anxiety [syn: {assuasive}, {soothing}].
Assuasive (a.) (Rare) Soothing or calming.
‘Trombone and piano combine in a tone at once astringent and oddly assuasive.’
Assubjugate (v. t.) To bring into subjection. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Assubjugate (v. t.) [Archaic] To reduce to subjugation.
Compare: Subjugation
Subjugation (n.) 制服；征服；屈從；從屬；克制；抑制The action of bringing someone or something under domination or control.
‘The colonial subjugation of a country by means of brute military force.’
Compare: Domination
Domination (n.) 支配，統治，控制；優勢 [U] The exercise of control or influence over someone or something, or the state of being so controlled.
‘Evil plans for domination of the universe.’
Domination (n.) (pl. Dominations) (In traditional Christian angelology) The fourth highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy.
Assubjugate (In British) (v. t.) To cause to be oppressed or overpowered.
Compare: Oppress
Oppress (v.) [With object] (v. t.) 壓迫；壓制；使（心情）沉重；使煩惱，折磨 [H] [（+by/ with） Keep (someone) in subjection and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority.
‘A system which oppressed working people.’
‘He was oppressed by some secret worry.
Oppress (v.) [With object] (Heraldry) Another term for debruise.
Overpower (v.) [With object] (v. t.) 擊敗；制伏；（感情等）壓倒，使無法忍受 Defeat or overcome with superior strength.
‘He overpowered the two men and frogmarched them to the police station.’
Overpower (v.) [With object] Be too intense for; overwhelm.
‘They were overpowered by the fumes.’
Compare: Subjugation
Subjugation (n.) [Mass noun] 制服；征服；屈從；從屬；克制，抑制 The action of bringing someone or something under domination or control.
‘The colonial subjugation of a country by means of brute military force.’
‘The fear of human subjugation by technology.’
[Count noun] ‘Conquests and subjugations that we think are long forgotten.’
Compare: Domination
Domination (n.) [Mass noun] 支配，統治，控制；優勢 [U] The exercise of power or influence over someone or something, or the state of being so controlled.
‘The imperial domination of India.’
Domination (n.) (Dominations) (In traditional Christian angelology) The fourth-highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy.
Assuefaction (n.) 使習慣；習慣；熟習 The act of accustoming, or the state of being accustomed; habituation. [Obs.]
Custom and studies efform the soul like wax, and by assuefaction introduce a nature. -- Jer. Taylor.
Assuefaction (In British) (n.) The condition of being or becoming familiar with or used to something.
Compare: Accustom
Accustom (v.) [With object] (Accustom someone/ something to)（常後接oneself或用被動式）使習慣（於）[（+to）] Make someone or something accept (something) as normal or usual.
‘I accustomed my eyes to the lenses.’
[With object and infinitive] ‘Sixth-form education is supposed to accustom pupils to think for themselves.’
Accustom (v.) [With object] (Be accustomed to) Be used to.
‘I am not accustomed to having my word questioned.’
Assuetude (n.) 習慣 Accustomedness; habit; habitual use.
Assuetude of things hurtful doth make them lose their force to hurt. -- Bacon.
Compare: Accustomedness
Accustomedness (n.) 使習慣；習慣；熟習 The quality or fact of being usual or customary, or of being accustomed or used to something; habituation.
Compare: Customary
Customary (a.) 習慣上的，慣常的；合乎習俗的；【律】習慣法上的；按慣例的According to the customs or usual practices associated with a particular society, place, or set of circumstances.
‘It is customary to mark an occasion like this with a toast.’
Customary (a.) [Attributive] According to a person's habitual practice.
‘I put the kettle on for our customary cup of coffee.’
Customary (a.) [Law] Established by or based on custom rather than common law or statute.
Customary (a.) (In South Africa) Relating to black African traditional custom or law.
Customary (n.) (Historical) （采邑、城市等的）習慣法匯編 [C] Another term for custumal.
Compare: Historical
Historical (a.) 歷史的，史學的；有關歷史的，基於史實的 Of or concerning history or past events.
‘Historical evidence.’
Historical (a.) Belonging to the past.
‘Famous historical figures.’
Historical (a.) (Especially of a novel or film) Set in the past.
Historical (a.) (Of the study of a subject) Based on an analysis of its development over a period.
‘For the Darwinians, biogeography became a historical science.’
Compare: Habituation
Habituation (n.) [Mass noun] 使習慣；習慣；熟習 The action or process of becoming habituated.
‘The training of the horse does not depend on force but on habituation.’
Habituation (n.) [Mass noun] [Psychology] The diminishing of an innate response to a frequently repeated stimulus.
‘Habituation was leading to a marked drop in arousal level in these subjects.’
Assumable (a.) 可假定的 That may be assumed.
Assumably (adv.) 多半；大概 By way of assumption.
Assumed (imp. & p. p.) of Assume
Assuming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assume
Assume (v. t.) 以為；假定為；（想當然地）認為 [+（that）] [O2] [O8] [O9]；承擔；就任；取得；呈現；採取；採用 To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.
Trembling they stand while Jove assumes the throne. -- Pope.
The god assumed his native form again. -- Pope.
Assume (v. t.) To take for granted, or without proof; to suppose as a fact; to suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively.
The consequences of assumed principles. -- Whewell.
Assume (v. t.) To pretend to possess; to take in appearance.
Ambition assuming the mask of religion. -- Porteus.
Assume a virtue, if you have it not. - Shak.
Assume (v. t.) To receive or adopt.
The sixth was a young knight of lesser renown and lower rank, assumed into that honorable company. -- Sir W. Scott.
Syn: To arrogate; usurp; appropriate.
Assume (v. i.) 裝腔作勢；多管閒事 To be arrogant or pretentious; to claim more than is due. -- Bp. Burnet.
Assume (v. i.) (Law) To undertake, as by a promise. -- Burrill.
Assume (v.) Take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof; "I assume his train was late" [syn: {assume}, {presume}, {take for granted}].
Assume (v.) Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?" [syn: {assume}, {adopt}, {take on}, {take over}].
Assume (v.) Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables" [syn: {assume}, {acquire}, {adopt}, {take on}, {take}].
Assume (v.) Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility" [syn: {bear}, {take over}, {accept}, {assume}].
Assume (v.) Occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose" [syn: {assume}, {take}, {strike}, {take up}].
Assume (v.) Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died" [syn: {assume}, {usurp}, {seize}, {take over}, {arrogate}].
Assume (v.) Make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" [syn: {simulate}, {assume}, {sham}, {feign}].
Assume (v.) Take up someone's soul into heaven; "This is the day when May was assumed into heaven".
Assume (v.) Put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans" [syn: {wear}, {put on}, {get into}, {don}, {assume}].
ASSUME (Acronym) Association of Statistics Specialists Using Microsoft Excel (org., user group).
Assumed (a.) 假裝的；假冒的；假定的，設想的；被承擔的 Supposed.
Assumed (a.) Pretended; hypocritical; make-believe; as, an assumed character.
Assumed (a.) Adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty" [syn: {assumed}, {false}, {fictitious}, {fictive}, {pretended}, {put on}, {sham}].
Assumedly (adv.) 多半；大概 By assumption.
Assument (n.) A patch; an addition; a piece put on. [Obs.] -- John Lewis (1731).
Assumer (n.) One who assumes, arrogates, pretends, or supposes. -- W. D. Whitney.
Assumer (n.) (pl. - s) One that assumes.
Assuming (a.) 僭越的；傲慢的；不遜的；自大的；Assume的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 Pretentious; taking much upon one's self; presumptuous. -- Burke.
Assuming (a.) Excessively forward; "an assumptive person"; "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants" [syn: {assumptive}, {assuming}, {presumptuous}].
Assumpsit (n.) (Law) 【律】口頭契約；要求賠償違約所受損失之訴訟 A promise or undertaking, founded on a consideration. This promise may be oral or in writing not under seal. It may be express or implied.
Assumpsit (n.) An action to recover damages for a breach or nonperformance of a contract or promise, express or implied, oral or in writing not under seal. Common or indebitatus assumpsit is brought for the most part on an implied promise. Special assumpsit is founded on an express promise or undertaking. -- Wharton.
Assumpsit (n.) Contracts. An undertaking either express or implied, to perform a parol agreement. 1 Lilly's Reg. 132.
Assumpsit (n.) An express assumpsit is where one undertakes verbally or in writing, not under seal, or by matter of record, to perform an act, or to pa a sum of money to another.
Assumpsit (n.) An implied assumpsit is where one has not made any formal promise to do an act or to pay a sum of money to another, but who is presumed from his conduct to have assumed to do what is in point of law just and right; for, 1st, it is to be presumed that no one desires to enrich himself at the expense of another; 2d, it is a rule that he who desires the antecedent, must abide by the consequent; as, if I receive a loaf of bread or a newspaper daily sent to my house without orders, and I use it without objection, I am presumed to have accepted the terms upon which the person sending it had in contemplation, that I should pay a fair price for it; 3d, it is also a rule that every one is presumed to assent to what is useful to him. See Assent
Assumpsit (n.) Remedies, practice., A form of action which may be defined to be an action for the recovery of damages for the non-performance of, a parol or simple contract; or, in other words, a contract not under seal, nor of record; circumstances which distinguish this remedy from others. 7 T. R. 351; 3 Johns. Cas. 60. This action differs from the action of debt; for, in legal consideration, that is for the recovery of a debt eo nomine, and in numero, and may be upon a deed as well as upon any other contract. 1 h. Bl. 554; B. N. P. 167. If differs from covenant, which, though brought for the recovery of damages, can only be supported upon a contract under seal. See Covenant.
Assumpsit (n.) It will be proper to consider this subject with reference, 1, to the contract upon which this action may be sustained; 2, the declaration 3, the plea; 4, the judgment.
Assumpsit (n.) Assumpsit lies to recover damages for the breach of all parol or simple contracts, whether written or not written express or implied; for the payment of money, or for the performance or omission of any other act. For example, to recover, money lent, paid, or had and received, to the use of the plaintiff; and in some cases, where money has been received by the defendant, in consequence of some tortious act to the plaintiff's property, the plaintiff may waive the tort, and sue the defendant in assumpsit. 5 Pick. 285; 1 J. J. Marsh. 543 3 Watts, R. 277; 4 Binn. 374; 3 Dana, R. 552; 1 N. H. Rep. 151; 12 Pick. 120 4 Call. R. 461; 4 Pick. 452. It is the proper remedy for work and. labor done, and services rendered 1 Gill, 95; 8 S. & M. 397 2 Gilman, 1 3 Yeates, 250 9 Ala. 788 but such work, labor, or services, must be rendered at the request, express or implied, of the defendant; 2 Rep. Cons. Ct. 848; 1 M'Cord, 22; 20 John. 28 11 Mass. 37; 14 Mass. 176; 5 Monr. 513 1 Murph. 181; for goods sold and delivered; 6 J. J. Marsh. 441; 12 Pick. 120; 3 N. H. Rep. 384; 1 Mis. 430; for a breach of promise of marriage. 3 Mass. 73 2 Overton, 233 2 P. S. R. 80. Assumpsit lies to recover the purchase money for land sold; 14 Johns. R. 210; 14 Johns. R. 162; 20 Johns. R. 838 3 M'Cord, R. 421; and it lies, specially, upon wagers; 2 Chit. Pl. 114; feigned issues; 2 Chit. Pl. 116; upon foreign judgments; 8 Mass. 273; Dougl. 1; 3 East, 221; 11 East, 124; 3 T. R. 493; 5 Johns. R. 132. But it will not lie on a judgment obtained in a sister state. 1 Bibb, 361 19 Johns. 162; 3 Fairf. 94; 2 Rawle, 431. Assumpsit is the proper remedy upon an account stated. Bac. Ab. Assumpsit, A. It will lie for a corporation, 2 Lev. 252; 1 Camp. 466. In England it does not lie against a corporation, unless by express authority of some legislative act; 1 Chit. Pl. 98; but in this country it lies against a corporation aggregate, on an express or implied promise, in the same manner as against an individual. 7 Cranch, 297 9 Pet. 541; 3 S. & R. 117 4 S. & R. 16 12 Johns. 231; 14 Johns. 118; 2 Bay, 109 1 Chipm. 371, 456; 1 Aik. 180 10 Mass, 397. But see 3 Marsh. 1; 3 Dall. 496.
Assumpsit (n.) The declaration must invariably disclose the consideration of the contract, the contract itself, and the breach of it; Bac. Ab. h.t. F 5 Mass. 98; but in a declaration on a negotiable instrument under the statute of Anne, it is not requisite to, allege any consideration; 2 Leigh, R. 198; and on a note expressed to have been given for value received, it is not necessary to aver a special consideration. 7 Johns. 321. See Mass. 97. The gist of this action is the promise, and it must be averred. 2 Wash. 187 2 N. H. Rep. 289 Hardin, 225. Damages should be laid in a sufficient amount to cover the real amount of the claim. See 4 Pick. 497; 2 Rep. Const. Ct. 339; 4 Munf. 95; 5 Munf. 23; 2 N. H. Rep. 289; 1 Breese, 286; 1 Hall, 201; 4 Johns. 280; 11 S. & R. 27; 5 S. & R. 519 6 Conn. 176; 9 Conn. 508; 1 N. & M. 342; 6 Cowen, 151; 2 Bibb, 429; 3 Caines, 286.
Assumpsit (n.) The usual plea is non-assumpsit, (q.v.) under which the defendant may give in evidence most matters of defence. Com. Dig. Pleader, 2 G 1. When there are several defendants they cannot plead the general issue severally; 6 Mass. 444; nor the same plea in bar, severally. 13 Mass. 152. The plea of not guilty, in an action of assumpsit, is cured by verdict. 8 S. & R. 541; 4 Call. 451. See 1 Marsh, 602; 17 Mass. 623. 2 Greenl. 362; Minor, 254 Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
Assumpsit (n.) Judgment. Vide Judgment in Assumpsit. Vide Bac. Ab. h.t.; Com. Dig. Action upon the Case upon Assumpsit; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; Viner's Ab. h.t.; 1 Chit. Pi. h.t.; Petersd. h.t.; Lawes Pl. in Assumpsit the various Digests, h.t. Actions; Covenant; Debt; Indebitatus assumpsit; Padum Constitutiae pecuniae.
Assumpt (v. t.) To take up; to elevate; to assume. [Obs.] -- Sheldon.
Assumpt (n.) (pl. - s) That which is assumed; an assumption. [Obs.]
The sun of all your assumpts is this. -- Chillingworth.
Assumption (n.) 假定，設想 [U] [C] [+（that）]；擔任；承擔 [U] [C]；奪取；篡奪 [U] [C] [（+of）] The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.
The assumption of authority. -- Whewell.
Assumption (n.) The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim.
This gives no sanction to the unwarrantable assumption that the soul sleeps from the period of death to the resurrection of the body. -- Thodey.
That calm assumption of the virtues. -- W. Black.
Assumption (n.) The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
Hold! says the Stoic; your assumption's wrong. -- Dryden.
Assumption (n.) (Logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
Assumption (n.) The taking of a person up into heaven.
Assumption (n.) A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
Assumption (n.) A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play" [syn: {premise}, {premiss}, {assumption}].
Assumption (n.) A hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions" [syn: {assumption}, {supposition}, {supposal}].
Assumption (n.) The act of taking possession of or power over something; "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba"; "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934"; "he acquired all the company's assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company's debts" [syn: {assumption}, {laying claim}].
Assumption (n.) Celebration in the Roman Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended; corresponds to the Dormition in the Eastern Orthodox Church [syn: {Assumption}, {Assumption of Mary}, {August 15}].
Assumption (n.) (Christianity) The taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended.
Assumption (n.) Audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness" [syn: {presumption}, {presumptuousness}, {effrontery}, {assumption}].
Compare: Effrontery
Effrontery (n.) [Mass noun] 厚顏無恥；放肆 Insolent or impertinent behaviour.
‘One juror had the effrontery to challenge the coroner's decision.’
Compare: Insolent
Insolent (a.) 傲慢的；無禮的；侮慢的 [（+in/ towards/ to）]；厚顏的，無恥的 Showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect.
‘She hated the insolent tone of his voice.’
Compare: Impertinent
Impertinent (a.) 不切題的，不中肯的 [（+to）]； 不恰當的；不合理的；傲慢的；不禮貌的；莽撞的 Not showing proper respect; rude.
‘An impertinent question.’
Impertinent (a.) [Formal] Not pertinent to a particular matter; irrelevant.
‘Talk of ‘rhetoric’ and ‘strategy’ is impertinent to this process.’
Compare: Pertinent
Pertinent (a.) [(+to)] 恰當的，貼切的；中肯的；【書】有關的，相干的 Relevant or applicable to a particular matter; apposite.
‘She asked me a lot of very pertinent questions.’
‘Practitioners must consider all factors pertinent to a situation.’
Assumption (n.) The act of assuming or taking for granted; "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted".
Assumption (n.) (Belief) (C1) [ C ] 假定；假設；臆斷 Something that you accept as true without question or proof.
// People tend to make assumptions about you when you have a disability.
// These calculations are based on the assumption that prices will continue to rise.
Assumption of power, responsibility, etc. [ U ] 奪取，獲得（權力等）；承擔（責任等） The act of taking a position of power, responsibility, etc.
// The revolutionaries' assumption of power took the army by surprise.
Assumptive (a.) 假設的；傲慢的；不遜的 Assumed, or capable of being assumed; characterized by assumption; making unwarranted claims. -- {As*sump"tive*ly}, adv.
{Assumptive arms} (Her.), Originally, arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College. -- Percy Smith.
Assumptive (a.) Excessively forward; "an assumptive person"; "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants" [syn: {assumptive}, {assuming}, {presumptuous}].
Assumptive (a.) Accepted as real or true without proof; "the assumed reason for his absence"; "assumptive beliefs".
Assurance (n.) 保証，確信，保險 The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.
Assurance (n.) The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty.
Assurance (n.) Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.
Assurance (n.) Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity; as, his assurance is intolerable.
Assurance (n.) Betrothal; affiance.
Assurance (n.) Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death.
Assurance (n.) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.
Assurance (n.) (Promise) (C1) [ C ] 保證 A promise.
// [ + (that) ] She gave me her assurance (that) she would sign the contract immediately.
// Despite the government's repeated assurances to the contrary, taxation has risen over the past decade.
Assurance (n.) (Confidence) (C2) [ U ] 自信，把握 Confidence.
// He spoke with calm assurance.
Assurance (n.) (Insurance) [ U ] (UK) （人壽）保險 A type of insurance against events that will certainly happen, such as death, not those that may happen, such as illness, fire, or having your property stolen.
Assured (imp. & p. p.) of Assure
Assuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assure
Assure (v. t.) 向……保證，擔保 [（+of）] [O5]；使確信，使放心 [（+of）] [O5]；（後接oneself）使弄清楚，使確定 [O5] To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.
His promise that thy seed shall bruise our foe . . . Assures me that the bitterness of death Is past, and we shall live. -- Milton.
Assure (v. t.) To declare to, solemnly; to assert to (any one) with the design of inspiring belief or confidence.
I dare assure thee that no enemy Shall ever take alive the noble Brutus. -- Shak.
Assure (v. t.) To confirm; to
make certain or secure.
And it shall be assured to him. -- Lev. xxvii. 19.
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. -- 1 John iii. 19.
Assure (v. t.) To affiance; to betroth. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Assure (v. t.) (Law) To insure; to covenant to indemnify for loss, or to pay a specified sum at death. See {Insure}.
Syn: To declare; aver; avouch; vouch; assert; asseverate; protest; persuade; convince.
Assure (v.) Make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!" [syn: {guarantee}, {ensure}, {insure}, {assure}, {secure}].
Assure (v.) Inform positively and with certainty and confidence; "I tell you that man is a crook!" [syn: {assure}, {tell}].
Assure (v.) Assure somebody of the truth of something with the intention of giving the listener confidence; "I assured him that traveling to Cambodia was safe".
Assure (v.) Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something; "He verified that the valves were closed"; "See that the curtains are closed"; "control the quality of the product" [syn: {see}, {check}, {insure}, {see to it}, {ensure}, {control}, {ascertain}, {assure}].
Assure (v.) Cause to feel sure; give reassurance to; "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe" [syn: {reassure}, {assure}] [ant: {vex}, {worry}].
Assure (v.) Make a promise or commitment [syn: {promise}, {assure}].
Assured (a.) 確定的；得到保證的[+（that）]；自信的；確信的[（+of） Made sure; safe; insured; certain; indubitable; not doubting; bold to excess.
Assured (n.) [the S]【英】 被保險人；保險受益人 One whose life or property is insured.
Assured (a.) Marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence; "she paints with an assured hand".
Assured (a.) Characterized by certainty or security; "a tiny but assured income"; "we can never have completely assured lives".
Assured (n.) A person who has been insured by some insurance company, or underwriter, against losses or perils mentioned in the policy of insurance. Vide Insured.
Assuredly (adv.) 一定地，確實地；自信地，有把握地 Certainly; indubitably. "The siege assuredly I'll raise." -- Shak.
Assuredly (adv.) Without a doubt; "the grammar schools were assuredly not intended for the gentry alone".
Assuredness (n.) [U] 確實；確實性；確信；自信；厚顏 The state of being assured; certainty; full confidence.
Assuredness (n.) Great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool" [syn: {aplomb}, {assuredness}, {cool}, {poise}, {sang- froid}].
Assurer (n.) 保證人；保險業者 One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter.
Assurer (n.) One who takes out a life assurance policy.
Assurer (n.) One who insures another against certain perils and dangers. The same as underwriter. (q.v.) Vide Insurer.
Assurgency (n.) 向上升起的，上升的，騰空的；【植物學】上升的，向上的 (= Ascending)； Act of rising.
The . . . assurgency of the spirit through the body. -- Coleridge.
Assurgency (n.) (pl. - ies) The tendency to rise.
Compare: Assurgent
Assurgent (a.) 上升的；【植】斜上性的 M oving upward : Rising; especially : Ascendent sense 1b.
Compare: Ascendent
Ascendant (Also Ascendent) (a.) 上升的；優勢的 Rising in power or influence.
‘The newly ascendant liberal party’
Ascendant (a.) (Astrology) (Of a planet, zodiacal degree, or sign) On or close to the intersection of the ecliptic with the eastern horizon.
Ascendant (n.) (Astrology) The point on the ecliptic at which it intersects the eastern horizon at a particular time, typically that of a person's birth.
In the ascendant (ph.) Rising in power or influence.
‘The reformers are in the ascendant.’
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