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v. i. To abate or subside. [ Archaic ] “The waters assuaged.” Gen. vii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

The plague being come to a crisis, its fury began to assuage. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. assouagement, asuagement. ] Mitigation; abatement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, assuages. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From assuage, as if this were fr. a supposed L. assuadere to persuade to; or from E. pref. ad + -suasive as in persuasive. ] Mitigating; tranquilizing; soothing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Music her soft assuasive voice applies. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 materials using sight or sound to present information; -- usually used in the plural. “language tapes and videocassettes and other audiovisuals”
Syn. -- audiovisual aid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. 1 pertaining to or using audiovisual aids in teaching or exposition the school's audiovisual department [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) The wild dog of northern India (Cuon primævus), supposed by some to be an ancestral species of the domestic dog. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. casuel, F. casuel, fr. L. casualis, fr. casus fall, accident, fr. cadere to fall. See Case. ] 1. Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Casual breaks, in the general system. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Coming without regularity; occasional; incidental; as, casual expenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

A constant habit, rather than a casual gesture. Hawthorne.

Syn. -- Accidental; fortutious; incidental; occasional; contingent; unforeseen. See Accidental. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine that all things exist or are controlled by chance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who believes in casualism. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Without design; accidentally; fortuitously; by chance; occasionally. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being casual. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Casualties [ F. casualité, LL. casualitas. ] 1. That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency. [ 1913 Webster ]

Losses that befall them by mere casualty. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an unhappy casualty. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. (Mil. & Naval) Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Casualty ward, A ward in a hospital devoted to the treatment of injuries received by accident.

Syn. -- Accident; contingency; fortuity; misfortune. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of large ostrichlike birds; the cassowaries.
Syn. -- family Casuaridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order of ratite birds comprising the cassowaries and emus.
Syn. -- order Casuariiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., supposed to be named from the resemblance of the twigs to the feathers of the cassowary, of the genus Casuarius. ] (Bot.) A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called beefwood from its color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of plants having only one genus, Casuarina.
Syn. -- family Casuarinaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order of chiefly Australian trees and shrubs comprising the casuarinas, having only one family, Casuarinaceae.
Syn. -- order Casuarinales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the type and sole genus of the Casuaridae; the cassowaries.
Syn. -- genus Casuarius. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. censualis, fr. census. ] Relating to, or containing, a census. [ 1913 Webster ]

He caused the whole realm to be described in a censual roll. Sir R. Baker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Consent, v. i., and cf. Sensual. ] 1. (Law) Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition; as, consensual motions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consensual contract (Law), a contract formed merely by consent, as a marriage contract. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dissuaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissuading. ] [ L. dissuadere, dissuasum; dis- + suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. dissuader. See Suasion. ] 1. To advise or exhort against; to try to persuade (one from a course). [ Obsolescent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Mr. Burchell, on the contrary, dissuaded her with great ardor: and I stood neuter. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

War, therefore, open or concealed, alike
My voice dissuades. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To divert by persuasion; to turn from a purpose by reasons or motives; -- with from; as, I could not dissuade him from his purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have tried what is possible to dissuade him. Mad. D' Arblay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who dissuades; a dehorter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dissuasio: cf. F. dissuasion. See Dissuade. ] 1. The act of dissuading; exhortation against a thing; dehortation. [ 1913 Webster ]

In spite of all the dissuasions of his friends. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A motive or consideration tending to dissuade; a dissuasive. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to dissuade or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory; as, dissuasive advice. -- n. A dissuasive argument or counsel; dissuasion; dehortation. Prynne. -- Dis*sua"sive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. A dissuasive. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This virtuous and reasonable person, however, has ill luck in all his dissuasories. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ensuing; following. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Impersuasible. ] Not to be persuaded; obstinate; unyielding; impersuasible. -- Im`per*suad"a*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Pref. im- not + persuasible: cf. OF. impersuasible. ] Not persuasible; not to be moved by persuasion; inflexible; impersuadable. Dr. H. More. -- Im`per*sua`si*bil"i*ty n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. insuavitas: cf. F. insuavité. See In- not, and Suavity. ] Lack of suavity; unpleasantness. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Issue. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Leading to, producing, or relating to, an issue; capable of being made an issue at law. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lawful or suitable to be issued; as, a writ issuable on these grounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Issuable plea (Law), a plea to the merits, on which the adverse party may take issue and proceed to trial. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an issuable manner; by way of issue; as, to plead issuably. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of issuing, or giving out; as, the issuance of an order; the issuance of rations, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) Issuing or coming up; -- a term used to express a charge or bearing rising or coming out of another. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. mesuage, masnage, LL. messuagium, mansionaticum, fr. L. mansio, -onis, a staying, remaining, dwelling, fr. manere, mansum, to stay, remain, E. mansion, manse. ] (Law) A dwelling house, with the adjacent buildings and curtilage, and the adjoining lands appropriated to the use of the household. Cowell. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

They wedded her to sixty thousand pounds,
To lands in Kent, and messuages in York. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To persuade amiss. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A false persuasion; wrong notion or opinion. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] A charnel house; an ossuary. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -ries [ L. ossuarium, fr. ossuarius of or bones, fr. os, ossis, bone: cf. F. ossuaire. ] A place where the bones of the dead are deposited; a charnel house. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To persuade or influence against one's inclination or judgment. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be persuaded. -- Per*suad"a*ble*ness, n. -- Per*suad"a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Persuaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Persuading. ] [ L. persuadere, persuasum; per + suadere to advise, persuade: cf. F. persuader. See Per-, and Suasion. ] 1. To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives. [ 1913 Webster ]

Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. Acts xxvi. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]

We will persuade him, be it possible. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To try to influence. [ Obsolescent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you. 2 Kings xviii. 32. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To convince by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beloved, we are persuaded better things of you. Heb. vi. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To inculcate by argument or expostulation; to advise; to recommend. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To convince; induce; prevail on; win over; allure; entice. See Convince. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Persuasion. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. Prevailed upon; influenced by argument or entreaty; convinced. -- Per*suad"ed*ly, adv. -- Per*suad"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, persuades or influences. “Powerful persuaders.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Capability of being persuaded. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]