assiduate

English

Etymology

From Latin assiduātus, past participle of assiduō (“to apply constantly”).

Adjective

assiduate (comparative more assiduate, superlative most assiduate)

1. (obsolete) unremitting, requiring a lot of effort
   • 1641, Thomas Heywood, The Life of Merlin Surnamed Ambrosius:

     […] the queen made assiduate labour for the delivery of the king, her husband, promising he would surrender the whole land into her possession […]

2. (obsolete) assiduous

References

• “assiduate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

assiduāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of assiduō