assiduousness (asiduusnes)

The quality of being a iduous; constant or diligent application. = Syn. See comparison under a iduity. a ieget, v. t. [ The Grekes the cite long a egeden. Chaucer , Troilus, i. 60. a ignation It is not easy to a ign a period more eventful. De Quincey. With the help of the scale of numbers, then, any as signed continuous quantity will serve as a standard by which the whole scale of quantities may be represented. W. K. Clifford , Lectures, I. 338. 3. To give, furnish, or specify: as, to a ign a reason for anything.-4. To appoint; select anything. To for a duty or office: as, the officer a igned to the charge of a military department. Knights a igned to enforce the oath of peace and the hue and cry appear as early as the year 1195. Their des- ignation as a igned seems to prove that they were royal nominees and not elected officers; but their early history is obscure. Stubbs , Const. Hist., II. 283. 5. To ascribe; attribute; refer. There are many causes to which one may a ign this light infidelity. Steele , Spectator, No. 448. 6. In law: (a) To transfer or make over to another the right one has in any object, as in an estate, chose in action, or reversion, especially in trust for the security of creditors: rarely applied to testamentary transfers. ( b ) Το show or set forth with particularity: as, to as sign error in a writ; to a ign false judgment. (c) To point out or substantiate as a charge: as, perjury cannot be a igned on an oath taken without the jurisdiction of the officer administering it. - To a ign dower, to allot or portion out to a widow the part of land forming her dower therein; to fix the boundaries of the widow's share in an estate. To a ign in bankruptcy, to transfer property to and vest it in a ignees for the benefit of the creditors. = Syn. 1. Dispense, Distribute, etc. (see dispense ).-3. Adduce, Allege, etc. (see adduce ); to determine, give, name, present. a ignt (a-sin'), n.1 [ He aim'd at high designs, and so attain'd The high a igns to which his spirit aim'd. Ford, Fame's Memorial. a ign (a-sin'), n.2 [The same, with lo of the final syllable, as a ignee , a igne (three syllables), a igne , prop. pp. of a igner , a ign: see a ign , v.] 1. A person to whom the property or interest of another is or may be transferred: as, a deed to a man and his heirs and a igns . Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole a ign . Dickens , Christmas Carol, i. The exclusive right of frequenting all the countries that might be found was reserved to them [John Cabot and his sons] and to their a igns . Bancroft , Hist. U. S., I. 8. [ A ign is a broader word than a ignee . The a ignees of a person are usually understood to mean those who take immediately from him, by his a ignment; the a igns of a person include all who acquire title under his transfer, immediately or remotely.] 2t. A thing pertaining to something else; an appurtenance; an appendage. [Affected.] Six French rapiers and poniards, with their a igns , as girdle, hangers, or so. Shak ., Hamlet, v. 2. (a-si-na-bil'i-ti), n. [ as sign a a ignability-si-na-bility ble : see- bility .] Capability of being a igned. a ignable (a-si'na-b 'na-bl), a. [= F. a ignable ; -able .] Spenser, F. Q., II. xi. 15. appointed, or a igned: as, an a ignable note or bill.-2. Capable of being specified, shown, designated, or expre ed with precision: as, an a ignable reason; an a ignable magnitude. IMG:content-1262.png:[blocks in formation]