"assailen" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Middle English]

IPA: /aˈsæi̯lən/, /ˈsæi̯lən/
Etymology: From Old French assaillir, assalir, from Late Latin assalīre; equivalent to assaile + -en (infinitival suffix). Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|assalir|assaillir, assalir}} Old French assaillir, assalir, {{der|enm|LL.|assalio|assalīre}} Late Latin assalīre, {{af|enm|assaile|-en|id2=infinitival|pos2=infinitival suffix}} assaile + -en (infinitival suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} assailen Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|assail}} Forms: weak [table-tags], assailen [infinitive], to assailen [infinitive], assaile [infinitive], assaile [first-person, present, singular], assailed [first-person, past, singular], assailest [present, second-person, singular], assailedest [past, second-person, singular], assaileth [present, singular, third-person], assailed [past, singular, third-person], assaile [present, singular, subjunctive], assailed [past, singular, subjunctive], assaile [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], assailen [plural, present], assaile [plural, present], assaileden [past, plural], assailede [past, plural], assaileth [imperative, plural, present], assaile [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], assailynge [participle, present], assailende [participle, present], assailed [participle, past], yassailed [participle, past]
  1. To assail or assault; to loot or attack.
    Sense id: en-assailen-enm-verb-QcWTg~B3
  2. To begin or launch an assault or military operation.
    Sense id: en-assailen-enm-verb-Fm7cqBAt
  3. To bother, hurt, or injure (used often of malign forces) Categories (topical): Death, Emotions
    Sense id: en-assailen-enm-verb-Vy62EW25 Disambiguation of Death: 8 4 15 22 6 18 3 13 2 9 0 Disambiguation of Emotions: 5 2 26 16 5 16 4 5 4 17 1
  4. To affect; to induce towards (used of feelings) Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-assailen-enm-verb-F3OIPuxa Disambiguation of Death: 8 4 15 22 6 18 3 13 2 9 0
  5. To lure or draw into sin, perfidy, or iniquity.
    Sense id: en-assailen-enm-verb-eYlBk-6p
  6. To insult; to launch into a tirade or rant against. Categories (topical): Death, Talking
    Sense id: en-assailen-enm-verb-jyLeRiyr Disambiguation of Death: 8 4 15 22 6 18 3 13 2 9 0 Disambiguation of Talking: 7 4 8 11 10 21 11 6 6 14 3 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 16 4 2 8 3 44 9 2 8 3 2 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 15 3 3 8 3 46 8 2 7 2 2 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 4 3 9 3 43 8 2 7 3 2 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 16 2 2 7 3 47 8 2 7 2 2
  7. To try or undertake (an endeavour or behaviour)
    Sense id: en-assailen-enm-verb-G7Rf2~JU
  8. (rare) To become (dead or slumbering) Tags: rare Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-assailen-enm-verb-zIo~ffha Disambiguation of Death: 8 4 15 22 6 18 3 13 2 9 0
  9. (rare) To have intercourse; to mate (used of animals). Tags: rare Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-assailen-enm-verb-QzPoDfDL Disambiguation of Sex: 1 14 9 12 4 14 2 1 34 7 2
  10. (rare) To assay; to investigate something. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Violence, War
    Sense id: en-assailen-enm-verb-hae8Fnfd Disambiguation of Violence: 5 4 9 10 11 13 10 6 5 22 4 Disambiguation of War: 5 10 7 5 8 10 8 4 4 35 4
  11. (rare) To plead; to beseech. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-assailen-enm-verb-10T6Cpu3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: assaile, assailour, assailynge

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          "english": "Forsooth, men of Gath born in the land killed him, for they went down to assail her possessions.",
          "ref": "c. 1390, John Wycliffe, transl., edited by Josiah Forshall and Frederic Madden, The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal Books, in the Earliest English Versions (Wycliffe's Bible), volume II, Oxford UP, published 1850, I. Paralipomenon VII.21, page 334, column 2",
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        "(rare) To become (dead or slumbering)"
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        "To assay; to investigate something."
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        "(rare) To assay; to investigate something."
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        "(rare) To plead; to beseech."
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    {
      "form": "assaile",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assaile",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assailed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assailest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assailedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assaileth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assailed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assaile",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assailed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assaile",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assailen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assaile",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assaileden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assailede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assaileth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assaile",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assailynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assailende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assailed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yassailed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "assailen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "assail"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "assaile"
    },
    {
      "word": "assailour"
    },
    {
      "word": "assailynge"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Forsooth, men of Gath born in the land killed him, for they went down to assail her possessions.",
          "ref": "c. 1390, John Wycliffe, transl., edited by Josiah Forshall and Frederic Madden, The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal Books, in the Earliest English Versions (Wycliffe's Bible), volume II, Oxford UP, published 1850, I. Paralipomenon VII.21, page 334, column 2",
          "text": "Forsothe men of Geth borun in the lond killiden hem, for thei ȝeden doun to assaile her possessiouns.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To assail or assault; to loot or attack."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "assail",
          "assail"
        ],
        [
          "assault",
          "assault"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To begin or launch an assault or military operation."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To bother, hurt, or injure (used often of malign forces)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bother",
          "bother"
        ],
        [
          "hurt",
          "hurt"
        ],
        [
          "injure",
          "injure"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To affect; to induce towards (used of feelings)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To lure or draw into sin, perfidy, or iniquity."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To insult; to launch into a tirade or rant against."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To try or undertake (an endeavour or behaviour)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become (dead or slumbering)"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To become (dead or slumbering)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have intercourse; to mate (used of animals)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mate",
          "mate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To have intercourse; to mate (used of animals)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To assay; to investigate something."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To assay; to investigate something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To plead; to beseech."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plead",
          "plead"
        ],
        [
          "beseech",
          "beseech"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To plead; to beseech."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈsæi̯lən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsæi̯lən/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "assaillen"
    },
    {
      "word": "assaille"
    },
    {
      "word": "assaylle"
    },
    {
      "word": "asailen"
    },
    {
      "word": "assaile"
    },
    {
      "word": "assayle"
    },
    {
      "word": "saile"
    },
    {
      "word": "sayll"
    },
    {
      "word": "saylen"
    },
    {
      "word": "sailen"
    },
    {
      "word": "saillen"
    },
    {
      "word": "sayle"
    },
    {
      "word": "seællen"
    },
    {
      "word": "a-sayle"
    }
  ],
  "word": "assailen"
}

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