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aˈsyle Obs. exc. poet.
Also 4–6, 20 asile.
[a. F. asile, asyle, ad. L. asȳlum: see below.]
The earlier form of asylum n. (in senses 1, 2, 3).
1382Wyclif 2 Macc. iv. 34 Counseilide hym for to go forth of asile. 1542Becon Pathw. Prayer Wks. 1843, 128 Fly unto prayer as unto an holy anchor, or sure asile. 1594Zepheria xxxix. in Arb. Garner V. 85 A harbour where they looked for asile. 1725tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 17th C. I. ii. iii. 40 The Asyles having occasion'd great Abuses in Greece. 1925Hardy Human Shows 45 When an inner court outspreads As 'twere History's own asile. |