Hypertext Webster Gateway: "assassinate"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Assassinate \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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Assassinate \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

assassinate
v : murder; of socially prominent persons

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