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`SYNGENTA EXHIBIT 1046
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`assimilative
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`9:t1d other material into part of the living
`m.
`'in sociology, the merging of diverse
`' al elements.
`1-IA•tive, a. assimilating; of or causing
`• ation.
`11-lii·to•ry, a. assimilative.
`' O•liite, v .11 to simulate. [Obs.]
`•O•la1tton, n. simulation. [Obs. ]
`'ao, n. same as asinego,
`, a. stupid; asinine.
`, v.t.; assisted, pt. , pp. ; assist ing, ppr,
`sistere. to stand by or near: ad, t o. a nd
`e, to stand.] to help i to aid; to give sup(cid:173)
`to in some undertaxing or effort, or in
`of distress.
`. -<:ooper ate. befriend, relieve, succor.
`. second. help. aid.
`, o.i. 1. to lend aid .
`, in euchre. to aid one's partner by order(cid:173)
`p as t rumps the card which the partner,
`er. has turned up.
`to be present; to attend; as, t o assist at a
`'c meeting.
`t', n . 1. a n instance or act of helping.
`. in baseball, a play that helps put a batter
`er out.
`llnce, n. help; aid ; succor; support.
`of assista11,e; a writ issued to the sue(cid:173)
`suitor in chancery giving him posses·
`of the property : in the colonial times in
`• ·ca, a judicial writ aut horizing officers
`ed in searching pr emises for contraband
`to call upon others to assist t hem.
`_lint, a. helping; lending aid or support;
`int, n. I. one who assists or serves in a
`·nate position; a helper ; also, a thing
`• ting; aid .
`'an attendant. {Obs.]
`• formerly. in some of the New E ngland
`·es. a member of the governor's council.
`• -confederate. associate, coadjutor, aid,
`r, ally, auxiliary. part ner.
`• int•ly, adv. in a manner to give aid.
`l
`-
`tilnt pro·fes'sor. a college teacher rank-
`''-bove an instructor and below an asso(cid:173)
`professor.
`, n. one who lends aid; a helper; an
`t; see assistor.
`fvl, a. helpful.
`Ive, a. helpwg.
`'less, a. without aid or help. [Rare.]
`6r, n. an assister: the usual spelling in
`
`'ment, n. same as assytliment.
`• , n . [M E. assize; OFr. assise, asise, a
`, session of a court, judgment, taJt, im(cid:173)
`• om L. assidere; ad. to, and sedere, to
`Jl~inally, an assembly or its decree.
`• !1.J in E ngland, the sessions held reri-
`• y. by at least one of the jud~cs o the
`·or courts. in each of the counties. under
`• • 'ans of assize for civil cases, a nd of
`and terminer, and jail delivery, for
`cases. The commission of assize
`y directed the judges to take assizes,
`verdicts of a particular jury called the
`•i jury. In England the word was for(cid:173)
`used in Lhis sense in t he terms gra,zd
`• and petty assize. but is now obsolete.
`tland at present, the assize exists for
`of criminal cases.
`,any of certain writs summoning juries,
`• a former name.
`the time or place of holding the court of
`: generally in the plural. assizes.
`·a statute, or ordinance, generally; as, the
`of the realm; the assizes of the forest,
`and regulations for the management of
`,royal forests; .assi:e of ~rms. a statute oi
`II for arming the kingdom; assizes of
`alem, a code of feudal Jaws formed by
`•
`ders for their kingdom of Jerusalem.
`
`• /onncrly. an ordinance regulating the
`t, measure. and price of articles sold in
`t; hence, the weight, measure, or price
`• as, the assize of bread.
`· onnerly, an ordinance fi xing t he stand(cid:173)
`. of ,...eights and measures; hence, the
`d weight s and measures t hemselves;
`e custody of the assize.
`measure· dimension. [Obs.]
`hundred cubits high by j ust assize.
`-Spenser.
`to fut the weight. measure, or
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`price of. by an ordinance or regulation of au(cid:173)
`thority. [Obs.]
`2. to fix the rate of; to assess. [Obs.]
`as·siz.'i!r1 n. 1. an officer who had charge of the
`inspection of weights and measures.
`2. in Scotland . a juror.
`aa-siz'<lr, n. an assizer.
`ae,eo'bi!r, v.t. to m a ke or keep sober. [Obs.]
`ae•so•cl.a•bll'i-ty (-sha-). n. t he quality or con-
`dition of being associable.
`t. that may be joined or asso(cid:173)
`as,s{i'cia•ble, a.
`ciated.
`2. sociable; companionable. [Obs.)
`3. in a mcclical sense, liable to be affected
`by sym pathy with other parts or to receive
`from other parts correspondent feelings and
`affections .
`as·eo'cla•ble·ness, n. associability .
`as-eci'cHite (-shi-ate). v.t. ; associated, pt., pp.;
`associat ini,:, ppr. [L. associatus, pp. of asso(cid:173)
`ciare, to )Oin t o. unit e withf· ad. to, and so(cid:173)
`ciare, to Join. or unite with.
`t. to bring (a person) into relationship with
`oneself or another, as a friend, companion.
`part ner, or confederate.
`2. t o unite in the same mass · to combine;
`to join; to connect ; as, particles o f matter
`asso,iated with other substances.
`3. to connect in the mind; as. she associates
`rain with grief.
`Syn.-incorporate, combine, couple, unite,
`link. join.
`as·so'ci·iite, v.i.
`I. to join (with another or
`others) as a companion. partner. friend. etc.
`2. to unite as friends. partners, etc; join for
`a common purpose; keep company.
`t. Joined in interest or pur(cid:173)
`as•so'ci•iite, a.
`pose; confedera t e.
`2. joined in employment. office, member(cid:173)
`ship, etc., especially with secondary status or
`privileges; as. an assoGiate judge.
`3. acl:ompanying; connected.
`as•so'd ·ii.te, u.
`I. a person associated; a
`friend; a partner ; a colleague; a fellow worker.
`2. a member of a society , institute, etc.
`without full status or privileges; as, an asso(cid:173)
`,iate of t he R oyal Academy.
`3. anything joined with a nother t hing or
`things.
`4. in some colleges and universities , a de(cid:173)
`gree conferred on one who has complet ed a
`cow-se shorter than that required for a de(cid:173)
`gree; as, an associate in music.
`Syn.-companion, comrade, mate, friend.
`fellow. coadjutor. part ner, accomplice.
`as·so'ci•ii·ted, a. united in company or in
`interest; joined; accompanying.
`Asso,iated Press; a newspaper association
`in the United States for the exP.ress purpose
`of gathering news to be d istnbutcd to its
`members.
`as·s o'ci·ii.te p ro·fes'sclr, a college teacher
`ranking above an assistant professor and
`below a fu ll professor.
`ae-so 1ci-ii te-ship, n. the state or office of an
`associate.
`I. the act of associating;
`a S·SO·cl·ii' tion_, "·
`union · connection of persons.
`2. the state of being associated ; companion(cid:173)
`ship; fellowship; partnership.
`3. a society formed for transacting or carry(cid:173)
`ing on some business or pursuit for mutual
`advantage.
`4. union of things; apposition, as of parti(cid:173)
`cles of matter.
`5. union or connection of ideas; also. the
`use of suc h connections as a literary device
`or technique.
`6. association football.
`association of ideas: in p sychology, the con(cid:173)
`ditions under which one idea is able to recall
`another to consciousness. These conditions
`m ay be classified under two general heads,
`the law of co,ztiguity, and t he law of associa(cid:173)
`tion. The first states t he fact that actions.
`sensations, emotions. and ideas, which have
`occurred together. or in close succession, tend
`t o suggest each other when any one of them is
`afterward presented to the mind. The second
`indicates that the presen t act ions, sensations.
`emotions. or ideas tend to recall their like
`from a mong previous experiences. On their
`physical side t he principles of association cor(cid:173)
`respond with the physiological facts of re•
`excitation of the same nervous centers.
`assodaticm lest ; in psychology, a test made
`up of words in whicfi the person tested gives
`the first associative wor d that comes to his
`mind in response to the one given by the per(cid:173)
`son conducting the test : also called free asso(cid:173)
`ciation test.
`Syn .-communit y , connection, fellowship,
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`assuetude
`fraternity, alliance. sodality. union, society.
`club.
`as,sc\,cHi'tton•1U, a. 1. pertaining to or based
`on association, as of ideas.
`2. pertaining to associationism or an asso(cid:173)
`ciation.
`as•so,ci-i\1tion foot1bijll, soccer: so called
`from the British controlling body. the Na(cid:173)
`tional Football A ssociat ion.
`as-so·cH!i'tion-lsm, n.
`l. in psychology, the
`t heory that mental development is reached
`through the association of ideas t hat are
`formed through t he medium of t he senses.
`2. Fourierism.
`as-s6•cl•ii1tion-iet, n. one ,vho holds the doc(cid:173)
`trine of associationism in any of its forms.
`as·eo'cHi·tive, a. 0£, characterized by, or
`causing association.
`as•so'cl·ii·tclr, "?t. a confederate; an associate.
`as·soll', v.t. [ME. assoilrn, from OFr. assoil,
`pres. md. form of assoldref· L. absolvere; ab-,
`from. and solvere, to loose.
`I. to pardon; absolve. JArchaic.]
`2. to atone for. [Archa,c.]
`as-soil'ment, n. the act of assailing; absolu-
`tion.
`ae•soll'ment, 11 . defilei:nent.
`as-soil'zie, v.t. in Scots law. to absolve.
`as'so·rulnce, n. [Fr. assonan,e, from L. asso-
`,zans. ppr. of assonare, t o sound, td respond
`to.]
`I. likeness t o sound.
`2. a rough similarity; likeness.
`3. a pa rtial rhy me in which the stressed
`vowel sounds a rc alike but the consonant
`sounds are unlike, as in late and make.
`as'so•rulnt, as·so·nan'tlil, a. in prosody, hav -
`ing assonance.
`as'so-nl:lnt, n. a word assonant with another.
`as1so-niite, v.i.; assonatcd, pt., pp.; assonati11g,
`ppr. t o correspond in sound.
`as•s<;_>rt1, v.t. ; assorted, pl., pp. ; assorting , ppr.
`[ME. assorte; Fr. assortir; a, L. ad. to, and
`sortir, from L. sortiri, to cast lots. select; sors,
`a lot. condition.]
`I. to separate mto classes. as similar things.
`or things which are suited to a like purpose.
`2. to supply (a warehouse, etc.) with an
`assort ment of goods.
`aS·SQrt', v.i. 1. to be of t he same sort; fall into
`a group or class.
`2. to match or harmonize (with) .
`3. to consort or associate (with ).
`as-sort1ed, a.
`I. in an assor tment; various ;
`miscellaneous.
`2. fitted or adapted: matched.
`T hey appear no way assorted to those with
`whom t hey must associate.
`-Burke.
`3. classified.
`Syn.- classified, separated , selected , chosen.
`a rranged.
`as·sort1ment, n. 1. an assorting or being
`assorted; classification .
`2. a mass or quantit y se~aratcd into kinds.
`or sorts: a n assorted. or 1mscellancous. group
`or collection ; a variety; as, an assortment of
`goods.
`3. a number oi things of the same kind,
`varied in size. color, q uality, price. form, etc.i
`as, an assortment oi t hread. of silks, or 01
`calicoes; an assortment of paintings.
`Syn.-collection, selection, miscellany. vari(cid:173)
`ety, class, stock. lot.
`as-sot'1 v.t. [Fr. assoter; a, L. ad , to, and sol,
`foolish.) to infatuate; t o besot. [Obs .]
`ass''f foot, a medicinal herb. more commonly
`known as coltsfoot.
`ae-s u age1 (-swaj') . v.t. ; assuaged, pt .. pp.; as(cid:173)
`suaging. ppr. [ME. asuagen ; OFr. asouager.
`asuager, from L. ad. to, a nd suavis. sweet.]
`1. to lessen (pain, distress. etc.): allay;
`mitigate.
`2. t o pacify; calm (passion. anger, etc.).
`3. t o satisfy or quench (thirst, etc.).
`Syn.-abate. alleviate, diminish , soothe,
`pacify . compose, appease, calm, tranquilize.
`as-su:lige', v.i. to abate or subside. [Archaic.]
`The waters assuaged.
`-Gen. viii . 1.
`as-suiige'ment, n.
`I. an assuaging or being
`assuaged.
`2. an assuaging thing.
`as·sua'ger, n. one who or that which assuages.
`as-su :li'slvc, a. softening; mitigating; tran(cid:173)
`quilizing.
`as-sub'Ju-gate, v.t. to bring into subjection .
`[Obs.]
`as-su e-fai;'tion (as-swe-) , n. [L. assuefacere, to
`accustom to; assuetus, pp. of ass1tesce1e, to
`accustom, and facere, to make.] the act of
`accustoming. [Obs.)
`aa's u e· tude, n. [L. assuetudo, from assuetus,
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`, brute, turn, up; cry, myth; \;at , mac;:bine, ace, church, chord; gem, aflger, (Fr.) bon, a~; this, thin; a~ure
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