As*sas"sin*ate (#), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assassinated (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Assassinating (#).] [LL. assassinatus, p. p. of assassinare.]
1.
To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence.
Help, neighbors, my house is broken open by force, and I am ravished, and like to be assassinated.
Dryden.
2.
To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly.
[Archaic]
Your rhymes assassinate our fame.
Dryden.
Such usage as your honorable lords
Afford me, assassinated and betrayed.
Milton.
Syn. -- To kill; murder; slay. See Kill.
© Webster 1913.
As*sas"sin*ate (#), n. [F. assassinat.]
1.
An assassination, murder, or murderous assault.
[Obs.]
If I had made an assassinate upon your father.
B. Jonson.
2.
An assassin.
[Obs.]
Dryden.
© Webster 1913.