Noun

(en noun)

conscientiousness or determination or perseverance when doing something

A public stage-coach. (19th century, now used only in reference to France or other European countries including Great Britain.)

* 1818 , , Volume 1, Chapter V:

Continuing thus, I came at length opposite to the inn at which the various diligences and carriages usually stopped.

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(legal, Scotland) The process by which persons, lands, or effects are seized for debt; process for enforcing the attendance of witnesses or the production of writings.

Noun

(assiduities)

Great and persistent toil or effort.

* 1661 , , The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant

(in the plural) Constant personal attention, solicitous care.

* 1559 , translated by (1521)

With difficulty could man be born into the world, or as soon as born would he die, leaving life at the very threshold of existence, unless the friendly hand of the careful matron, and the affectionate assiduities of the nurse, lent their aid to the helpless babe.

* 1773 , (Oliver Goldsmith),

I will stay even contrary to your wishes; and though you should persist to shun me, I will make my respectful assiduities atone for the levity of my past conduct.