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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 ]

n. [ F., fr. LL. assatio, fr. L. assare to roast. ] Roasting. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to set; kata` down + &unr_; to place. ] 1. (Rhet.) That part of a speech, usually the exordium, in which the orator sets forth the subject matter to be discussed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) The state, or condition of anything; constitution; habit of body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; separation, fr. &unr_;, &unr_; to stand apart; dia` through + &unr_;, &unr_;, to stand, set: cf. F. diastase. Cf. Diastasis. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A soluble enzyme, capable of converting starch and dextrin into sugar. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name is more particularly applied to that enzyme formed during the germination of grain, as in the malting of barley; but it is also occasionally used to designate the amylolytic enzyme contained in animal fluids, as in the saliva. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or consisting of, diastase; as, diastasic ferment. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Diastase. ] (Surg.) A forcible separation of bones without fracture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a mask with a filter which protects the face and lungs against poisonous gases. It is used in warfare, and also by police to allow them to effectively use tear gas or other disabling gas to disperse a crowd or force fugitives to leave a building.
Syn. -- respirator, gas helmet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) The black rattlesnake (Crotalus tergemina, or Caudisona tergemina), found in the Mississippi Valley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Metastases [ L., transition, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to place in another way; &unr_; after + &unr_; to place. ] 1. (Theol.) A spiritual change, as during baptism. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A change in the location of a disease, as from one part to another. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Especially: The migration of cancerous or malignant cells from the site of their origin to other parts of the body. Such cells may migrate to multiple new locations, making therapy more difficult and often leading to death. [ PJC ]

4. (Physiol.) The act or process by which matter is taken up by cells or tissues and is transformed into other matter; in plants, the act or process by which are produced all of those chemical changes in the constituents of the plant which are not accompanied by a production of organic matter; metabolism. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. to spread from one part of the body to other parts, and grow there; to spread by metastasis{ 3 }; -- said of cancer cells. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. pentaspaston, Gr. &unr_; (see Penta-) + &unr_; to pull: cf. F. pentaspaste. ] A purchase with five pulleys. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Phantascope. [ 1913 Webster ]