nonce-wd. [f. the sb.]
1. trans. To call ass. 2. intr. To act the ass.
1592. G. Harvey, Pierces Superer., 57. He … bourdeth, girdeth, asseth the excellentest writers of whatsoever note that tickle not his wanton sense.
1647. Ward, Simp. Cobler (1843), 52. To keep their Kings from devillizing and themselves from Assing.
