assai1 |
very (used with tempo directions in music). |
assai2 |
a small slender palm tree native to Brazil that bears edible fleshy purple fruit. [2 definitions] |
assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
assailable |
open to attack or assault; vulnerable. |
assailant |
a person who attacks another with intent to injure physically, socially, or emotionally. |
assassin |
one who murders for money or for ideological reasons. [2 definitions] |
assassinate |
to murder for pay or for ideological reasons. [2 definitions] |
assault |
a violent physical or verbal attack. [5 definitions] |
assault and battery |
in law, the act of, and charge against, an offender who threatens and carries out the threat to attack or do other physical violence to another. |
assay |
to try out or test. [8 definitions] |
assemblage |
a collection or gathering of people or things; assembly. [4 definitions] |
assemble |
to gather (things or persons) into a group. [3 definitions] |
assembly |
a group of people gathered together, usu. for a specific purpose. [4 definitions] |
assembly line |
a set-up in a factory whereby a product being put together passes, in moving along a track, conveyor belt, or the like, a succession of stations with workers, each of whom adds, adjusts, or secures apart to the whole. |
assemblyman |
a male member of a legislative assembly. |
assemblywoman |
a female member of a legislative assembly. |
assent |
to consent, agree, or give approval (usu. fol. by "to"). [3 definitions] |
assert |
to state with force or confidence. [3 definitions] |
assertion |
a declaration or statement, often without support or proof. [2 definitions] |
assertive |
forward or aggressive in speech or action. |
assess |
to examine and try to discover the extent, quality, or nature of; evaluate; measure. [3 definitions] |