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Ashlering
- - The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.
Aspersing
- verb - charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
Assailing
- verb - attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"
- attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
- launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"
Assenting
- verb - agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly); "accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent"; "assenting to the Congressional determination"
- to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore"
Asserting
- verb - assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society"
- insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized; "Women should assert themselves more!"
- relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
- state categorically
- to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
Assessing
- verb - charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine
- estimate the value of (property) for taxation; "Our house hasn't been assessed in years"
- evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk"
- set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)
Assigning
- verb - attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
- attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"
- decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"
- give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
- give out; "We were assigned new uniforms"
- make undue claims to having
- select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
- the act of distributing something to designated places or persons; "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum"
- transfer one's right to
Assisting
- verb - act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function
- give help or assistance; be of service; "Everyone helped out during the earthquake"; "Can you help me carry this table?"; "She never helps around the house"
- work for or be a servant to; "May I serve you?"; "She attends the old lady in the wheelchair"; "Can you wait on our table, please?"; "Is a salesperson assisting you?"; "The minister served the King for many years"
Assoiling
- verb - pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
Assorting
- verb - arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
- keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"