a. Obs. [f. assiduāt- ppl. stem of assiduāre to apply constantly, f. assiduus: see ASSIDUOUS and -ATE3.] Continually exercised, constant, assiduous.

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1494.  Fabyan, VI. cxli. 129. By the assyduat laboure of his holy wyfe.

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1658.  Slingsby, Diary (1836), 207. It was my assiduate care therefore to remove all such subtile witnesses.

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