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Webster 1913 Edition


Assiduity

Asˊsi-du′i-ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Assiduities
.
[L.
assiduitas
: cf. F.
assiduite
. See
Assiduous
.]
1.
Constant or close application or attention, particularly to some business or enterprise; diligence.
I have, with much pains and
assiduity
, qualified myself for a nomenclator.
Addison.
2.
Studied and persevering attention to a person; – usually in the plural.

Webster 1828 Edition


Assiduity

ASSIDU'ITY

,
Noun.
[L. assiduitas. See Assiduous.]
1.
Constant or close application to any business or enterprise; diligence.
2.
Attention; Attentiveness to persons. Assiduities, in plural, are services rendered with zeal and constancy.