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asile

Archaic Terms
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

An obsolete word meaning a place of refuge, shelter, or sanctuary.

Detailed Definition
In the image of the palace, the inner court is imagined as “History’s own asile,” giving it the character of a protected or sacred refuge. The spelling is an archaic or obsolete form associated with “asylum.”
Example
Example in poetry:
“As ’twere History’s own asile” uses asile, an archaic spelling of asylum or refuge; in older poetry, a grove, temple, or library may serve as an asile from political violence; Thomas Gray’s “Elegy” imagines the country churchyard as a sheltered retreat; a modern poet might revive asile deliberately to give a sanctuary an antique, solemn resonance
Additional Notes
“Asile” is unfamiliar because it is an obsolete or archaic form meaning a refuge, as shown in “History’s own asile.”; Found in the poem, A Spellbound Palace by Thomas Hardy
Also Known As
Asylum Refuge Sanctuary Haven
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