v. Obs. [a. 14 c. Fr. absolir, absollir, absoillir, a refashioning of OFr. asollir, asoillir, also assoiler, asolier, asoler, to ASSOIL, after L. absolvĕre.] = ASSOIL; to absolve.
c. 1450. Merlin, 11. He seyde unto hir, quod he, ‘Thow art fulle of the deuell; how sholde I absoyle the.’
1537. Instit. Chr. Man, 8 b. To loose and absoyle from synne all persons whiche be dewly penitent.
1548. Udall, etc. Erasm. Paraphr. John viii. 11. He deliuered the aduoutresse oute of the stonecasters handes and yet did not clerely absoyle her as fautlesse.
