Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AS-SAS'SIN-ATE
AS-SAS'SIN-ATEAS-SAS'SIN-A-TED
AS-SAS'SIN-ATE, v.t.
- To kill or attempt to kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by sudden violence. Assassin as a verb is not now used.
- To waylay; to take by treachery. – Milton.
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