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ASSASSINATES
Verb
assassinates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of assassinate
Source: Wiktionary
ASSASSINATE
As*sas"sin*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assassinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Assassinating.] Etym: [LL. assassinatus, p. p. of assassinare.]
1. To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence. Help, neighbors, my house is broken open by force, and I am ravished, and like to be assassinated. Dryden.
2. To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly. [Archaic] Your rhymes assassinate our fame. Dryden. Such usage as your honorable lords Afford me, assassinated and betrayed. Milton.
Syn.
– To kill; murder; slay. See Kill.
As*sas"sin*ate, n. Etym: [F. assassinat.]
1. An assassination, murder, or murderous assault. [Obs.] If I had made an assassinate upon your father. B. Jonson.
2. An assassin. [Obs.] Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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