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▪ I. † aˈssoin(e, n. Obs.
Also 3 asoyne, assoyne, 4 Sc. assonȝe.
[Variant of essoin, a. OF. essoigne, essoine: see a- prefix 10, as- prefix2.]
An excuse; a legal excuse put in for non-appearance.
1297R. Glouc. 539 Giffardes asoyne. a1300Cursor M. 2266 Þat schending is wit-outen soyne [v.r. soygne, Trin. MS. assoyne]. c1300K. Alis. 6051 Thider com withowten assoyne, Two quenes of Amazoyne. c1375? Barbour St. Thomas 52 Þat al..Suld but assonȝe cume to þat feste.
▪ II. † aˈssoin(e, v. Obs.
Forms: 3 asunien, asonien, 3–5 asoyne, 4 assoyne, assoine, 4–6 Sc. assonȝe, -zie, yie, 7 assoygne.
[variant of essoin v., a. OF. essoigner: see prec.]
1. trans. To excuse; to offer or put in an excuse for non-appearance of.
c1230Ancr. R. 64 Uor swuch hit mei beon þat ȝe schulen asunien [v.r. aseinen, asonien] ou. c1330Florice & Bl. 67 Ne scholde no weder me assoine. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. (1871) 440 Worldliche excusasioun shal not þenne assoyne. 1513Douglas æneis xiii. Prol. 133 How think we he assonzeis [v.r. essonȝies] him to astart. 1646Gaule Cases Consc. 65 Such as are absent, and have no care to be assoygned.
2. intr. To excuse oneself, decline, refuse.
c1440Promp. Parv. 15 Assoynynge or refusynge. c1470Henry Wallace x. 365 With gret inwy to Wallace fast he raid; And he till him assonyeit nocht for thi. |