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.
Ne'er assoil my cobwebbed shield. --Wordsworth.