"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: no-table-tags [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], assaillen [alternative], assaille [alternative], assaylle [alternative], asailen [alternative], assaile [alternative], assayle [alternative], saile [alternative], sayll [alternative], saylen [alternative], sailen [alternative], saillen [alternative], sayle [alternative], seællen [alternative], a-sayle [alternative]
  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 Categories (other): Talking, Violence, War Disambiguation of Talking: 8 9 8 8 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 Disambiguation of Violence: 8 9 10 8 10 10 9 8 9 9 9 Disambiguation of War: 1 14 14 0 9 12 13 0 11 12 13
  3. To bother, hurt, or injure (used often of malign forces)
    Sense id: en-assailen-enm-verb-Vy62EW25 Categories (other): Violence, War Disambiguation of Violence: 8 9 10 8 10 10 9 8 9 9 9 Disambiguation of War: 1 14 14 0 9 12 13 0 11 12 13
  4. To affect; to induce towards (used of feelings)
    Sense id: en-assailen-enm-verb-F3OIPuxa
  5. To lure or draw into sin, perfidy, or iniquity.
    Sense id: en-assailen-enm-verb-eYlBk-6p Categories (other): Talking, Violence Disambiguation of Talking: 8 9 8 8 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 Disambiguation of Violence: 8 9 10 8 10 10 9 8 9 9 9
  6. To insult; to launch into a tirade or rant against.
    Sense id: en-assailen-enm-verb-jyLeRiyr Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Emotions, Talking, Violence, War Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 7 8 5 9 8 26 12 5 10 5 5 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 10 6 6 9 8 19 12 6 9 7 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 4 4 7 5 43 14 4 7 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 3 11 4 41 13 3 12 4 3 Disambiguation of Emotions: 1 2 5 10 2 48 11 1 14 3 4 Disambiguation of Talking: 8 9 8 8 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 Disambiguation of Violence: 8 9 10 8 10 10 9 8 9 9 9 Disambiguation of War: 1 14 14 0 9 12 13 0 11 12 13
  7. To try or undertake (an endeavour or behaviour)
    Sense id: en-assailen-enm-verb-G7Rf2~JU Categories (other): Talking, Violence, War Disambiguation of Talking: 8 9 8 8 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 Disambiguation of Violence: 8 9 10 8 10 10 9 8 9 9 9 Disambiguation of War: 1 14 14 0 9 12 13 0 11 12 13
  8. (rare) To become (dead or slumbering) Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-assailen-enm-verb-zIo~ffha
  9. (rare) To have intercourse; to mate (used of animals). Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-assailen-enm-verb-QzPoDfDL Categories (other): Sex, Talking, Violence, War Disambiguation of Sex: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 Disambiguation of Talking: 8 9 8 8 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 Disambiguation of Violence: 8 9 10 8 10 10 9 8 9 9 9 Disambiguation of War: 1 14 14 0 9 12 13 0 11 12 13
  10. (rare) To assay; to investigate something. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-assailen-enm-verb-hae8Fnfd Categories (other): Talking, Violence, War Disambiguation of Talking: 8 9 8 8 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 Disambiguation of Violence: 8 9 10 8 10 10 9 8 9 9 9 Disambiguation of War: 1 14 14 0 9 12 13 0 11 12 13
  11. (rare) To plead; to beseech. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-assailen-enm-verb-10T6Cpu3 Categories (other): Talking, Violence, War Disambiguation of Talking: 8 9 8 8 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 Disambiguation of Violence: 8 9 10 8 10 10 9 8 9 9 9 Disambiguation of War: 1 14 14 0 9 12 13 0 11 12 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: assaile, assailour, assailynge
Categories (other): Death Disambiguation of Death: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Alternative forms

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      "form": "assaille",
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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:",
          "text": "Forsothe men of Geth borun in the lond killiden hem, for thei ȝeden doun to assaile her possessiouns.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To assay; to investigate something."
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      "id": "en-assailen-enm-verb-hae8Fnfd",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To assay; to investigate something."
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    {
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          "_dis": "8 9 10 8 10 10 9 8 9 9 9",
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          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "Violence",
          "orig": "enm:Violence",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 14 14 0 9 12 13 0 11 12 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "enm",
          "name": "War",
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      "glosses": [
        "To plead; to beseech."
      ],
      "id": "en-assailen-enm-verb-10T6Cpu3",
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        [
          "plead",
          "plead"
        ],
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          "beseech",
          "beseech"
        ]
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        "(rare) To plead; to beseech."
      ],
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        "rare"
      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈsæi̯lən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsæi̯lən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "assailen"
}
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    "Middle English terms derived from Old French",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
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    "enm:Sex",
    "enm:Talking",
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          "expansion": "English: assail",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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            "1": "sco",
            "2": "assail",
            "3": "assailzie"
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          "name": "desc"
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    }
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      "name": "bor"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "LL.",
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        "4": "assalīre"
      },
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "assailen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "to assailen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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    {
      "form": "assaile",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "assaile",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "assailed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assailest",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assailedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "assaileth",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assaillen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assaille",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assaylle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asailen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assaile",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "assayle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saile",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sayll",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saylen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sailen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saillen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sayle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seællen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-sayle",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "assailen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "assail"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "assaile"
    },
    {
      "word": "assailour"
    },
    {
      "word": "assailynge"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              73,
              79
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              76,
              83
            ]
          ],
          "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.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To assail or assault; to loot or attack."
      ],
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        [
          "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/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "assailen"
}

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