Definition for AS-SI-DU'I-TY

AS-SI-DU'I-TY, n. [L. assiduitas. See Assiduous.]

  1. Constant or close application to any business or enterprise; diligence. – Addison.
  2. Attention; attentiveness to persons. Assiduities, in the plural, are services rendered with zeal and constancy.

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