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Assail
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(1):
(v. t.) To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.
(2):
(v. t.) To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like.
(3):
(v. t.) To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Assail'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/assail.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Assail'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/assail.html. 1828.