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[ME. as, etc. (see ace ); in def. 2 = D. aas = Sw. a ( e , ace) = G. a , in technical sense As. Chemical symbol of arsenic. A. S. An abbreviation of Anglo - Saxon. as-1. [L. as-, a imilated form of ad- before s. The reg. OF. and ME. form was a-, later restored to as-, as in a ent, a ign, etc.] An a imilated form of ad- before s, as in a imi late, a ert, a ume, etc. as-2. [L. ab-, reduced in OF. and ME. before a consonant to a-, erroneously restored to as before s.] An erroneously restored form of a-, originally Latin ab-, in a oil, a oilzie, from the Latin absolvere, absolve. as-3. [ME. and OF. as-, var. of es-,