\As*soil"\, v. t. [OF. assoiler, absoiler, assoldre, F.
absoudre, L. absolvere. See {Absolve}.]
1. To set free; to release. [Archaic]
         Till from her hands the spright assoiled is.
                                               --Spenser.
2. To solve; to clear up. [Obs.]
         Any child might soon be able to assoil this riddle.
                                               --Bp. Jewel.
3. To set free from guilt; to absolve. [Archaic]
         Acquitted and assoiled from the guilt. --Dr. H.
                                               More.
         Many persons think themselves fairly assoiled,
         because they are . . . not of scandalous lives.
                                               --Jer. Taylor.
4. To expiate; to atone for. [Archaic] --Spenser.
         Let each act assoil a fault.          --E. Arnold.
5. To remove; to put off. [Obs.]
         She soundly slept, and careful thoughts did quite
         assoil.                               --Spenser.

\As*soil"\, v. t. [Pref. ad- + soil.]
To soil; to stain. [Obs. or Poet.] --Beau. & Fl.
      Ne'er assoil my cobwebbed shield.        --Wordsworth.