a. Obs. Also 5 assedual, assyduel. [a. OF. assiduel, f. L. assiduus ASSIDUOUS: see -AL 1.]
1. Of persons or agents: = ASSIDUOUS 1.
a. 1400. [see ASSIDUALLY].
1599. Sandys, Europæ Spec. (1632), 142. Assiduall horse-leeches which neuer lin sucking it.
1651. Life Father Sarpi (1676), p. xcvi. He was much more devout and attentive than he had been formerly, and particularly in meditation more assidual.
2. Of actions: = ASSIDUOUS 3.
1622. Malynes, Anc. Law-Merch., 255. Sulphur and Mercury … doe ingender … by an assiduall concoction.
1678. Jordan, Tri. Lond., in Heath, Grocers’ Comp. (1869), 519. The assidual wishes of … Your heartily humble Servant.
