n. [ F. (cf. It. assassino), fr. Ar. ‘hashishin one who has drunk of the hashish. Under its influence the Assassins of the East, followers of the Shaikh al-Jabal (Old Man of the Mountain), were said to commit the murders required by their chief. ] One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To assassinate. [ Obs. ] Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Assassinated p. pr. & vb. n. Assassinating ] [ LL. assassinatus, p. p. of assassinare. ] 1. To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Help, neighbors, my house is broken open by force, and I am ravished, and like to be assassinated. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Your rhymes assassinate our fame. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such usage as your honorable lords
Afford me, assassinated and betrayed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To kill; murder; slay. See Kill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. assassinat. ] 1. An assassination, murder, or murderous assault. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If I had made an assassinate upon your father. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An assassin. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An assassin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Murderous. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. to take apart; to disconnect the parts of; to convert a whole into its constituent pieces.
Syn. -- dismantle, take apart, break apart, break up. [ PJC ]

2. (Computers) to convert a computer program in machine language into an equivalent assembly-language file. [ PJC ]

v. i. to be able to come apart easily; to be converted into constituent parts; as, the rifle disassembles into small pieces for concealment. [ PJC ]

n. (Computers) a computer program that takes as input a computer program in machine language and produces an equivalent assembly-language file. [ PJC ]

v. i. To dissent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dissent. [ Obs. ] E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disassents; a dissenter. [ Obs. ] State Trials (1634). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Want of assiduity or care. [ R. ] Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Physiol.) To subject to disassimilation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physics) The decomposition of complex substances, within the organism, into simpler ones suitable only for excretion, with evolution of energy, -- a normal nutritional process the reverse of assimilation; downward metabolism; -- now more commonly called catabolism. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

The breaking down of already existing chemical compounds into simpler ones, sometimes called disassimilation. Martin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Having power to disassimilate; of the nature of disassimilation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disassimilative processes constitute a marked feature in the life of animal cells. McKendrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disassociated p. pr. & vb. n. Disassociating ] To disconnect from things associated; to disunite; to dissociate. Florio. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To assay, or attempt, improperly or unsuccessfully. [ Obs. ] W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To assign wrongly. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Zool.) A large African antelope (Alcelaphus lunata), similar to the hartbeest, but having its horns regularly curved. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. sassafras (cf. It. sassafrasso, sassafras, Sp. sasafras, salsafras, salsifrax, salsifragia, saxifragia), fr. L. saxifraga saxifrage. See Saxifrage. ] (Bot.) An American tree of the Laurel family (Sassafras officinale); also, the bark of the roots, which has an aromatic smell and taste. [ 1913 Webster ]

Australian sassafras, a lofty tree (Doryophora Sassafras) with aromatic bark and leaves. --
Chilian sassafras, an aromatic tree (Laurelia sempervirens). --
New Zealand sassafras, a similar tree (Laurelia Novae Zelandiae). --
Sassafras nut. See Pichurim bean. --
Swamp sassafras, the sweet bay (Magnolia glauca). See Magnolia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Sarse a sieve. ] Stones left after sifting. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Perh. a corruption of certiorari, the name of a writ. ] A word used to emphasize a statement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Out she shall pack, with a sassarara. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. sas, fr. F. sas the basin of a waterfall. ] A sluice or lock, as in a river, to make it more navigable. [ Obs. ] Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gael. sasunnach. ] A Saxon; an Englishman; a Lowlander. [ Celtic ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ From Sasso, a town in Italy: cf. F. sassolin. ] (Min.) Native boric acid, found in saline incrustations on the borders of hot springs near Sasso, in the territory of Florence. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Zool.) The rock pigeon. See under Pigeon. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) The bark of a West African leguminous tree (Erythrophlaeum Guineense, used by the natives as an ordeal poison, and also medicinally; -- called also mancona bark. [ 1913 Webster ]