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ASSAULT', n. [L. assulto, of ad and salto, to leap, formed on salio, or its root. See Assail. We have the same root in insult and result.] 1. An attack or violent onset, whether by an individual, a company, or an army. An assault by private persons may be made with or without weapons. As assault by an army is a violent hostile attack; and when made upon a fort or fortified place is called a storm, as opposed to sap or siege.2. An attack by hostile words or measures; as, an assault upon the prerogatives of a prince, or upon a constitution of government.3. In Law, an unlawful setting upon one's person; an attempt or offer to beat another, without touching his person; as by lifting the fist or a cane, in a threatening manner. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery.ASSAULT', v.t. 1. To attack or fall upon by violence, or with a hostile intention; as, to assault a man, a house or town.2. To invade or fall on with force; as, the cry of war assaults our ears.3. To attack by words, arguments or unfriendly measures, with a view to shake, impair or overthrow; as, to assault a character, the laws or the administration.
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ASSAULT', n. [L. assulto, of ad and salto, to leap, formed on salio, or its root. See Assail. We have the same root in insult and result.] 1. An attack or violent onset, whether by an individual, a company, or an army. An assault by private persons may be made with or without weapons. As assault by an army is a violent hostile attack; and when made upon a fort or fortified place is called a storm, as opposed to sap or siege.2. An attack by hostile words or measures; as, an assault upon the prerogatives of a prince, or upon a constitution of government.3. In Law, an unlawful setting upon one's person; an attempt or offer to beat another, without touching his person; as by lifting the fist or a cane, in a threatening manner. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery.ASSAULT', v.t. 1. To attack or fall upon by violence, or with a hostile intention; as, to assault a man, a house or town.2. To invade or fall on with force; as, the cry of war assaults our ears.3. To attack by words, arguments or unfriendly measures, with a view to shake, impair or overthrow; as, to assault a character, the laws or the administration. | AS-SAULT', n. [Fr. assault, now assaut; It. Port. assalto; Sp. asalto; from L. assulto, of ad and salto, to leap, formed on salio, or its root. See Assail. We have the same root in insult and result.]- An attack or violent onset, whether by an individual, a company, or an army. An assault by private persons may be made with or without weapons. An assault by an army is a violent hostile attack; and when made upon a fort or fortified place is called a storm, as opposed to sap or siege.
- An attack by hostile words or measures; as, an assault upon the prerogatives of a prince, or upon a constitution of government.
- In law, an unlawful setting upon one's person; an attempt or offer to beat another, without touching his person; as by lifting the fist or a cane, in a threatening manner. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery. – Blackstone. Finch.
AS-SAULT', v.t.- To attack or fall upon by violence, or with a hostile intention; as, to assault a man, a house or town.
- To invade or fall on with force; as, the cry of war assaults our ears.
- To attack by words, arguments or unfriendly measures, with a view to shake, impair or overthrow; as, to assault a character, the laws, or the administration.
| As*sault"
- A
violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an
onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make
assault upon a man, a house, or a town.
- To make an
assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men] to attack with unlawful or
insulting physical violence or menaces.
- A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as
words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on
the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government.
- To attack with moral means, or with a view of
producing moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly
measures; to assail; as, to assault a reputation or an
administration.
- An apparently violent attempt, or
willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or
offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without
touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening
manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes
effect, it is a battery.
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Assault ASSAULT', noun [Latin assulto, of ad and salto, to leap, formed on salio, or its root. See Assail. We have the same root in insult and result.] 1. An attack or violent onset, whether by an individual, a company, or an army. An assault by private persons may be made with or without weapons. As assault by an army is a violent hostile attack; and when made upon a fort or fortified place is called a storm, as opposed to sap or siege. 2. An attack by hostile words or measures; as, an assault upon the prerogatives of a prince, or upon a constitution of government. 3. In Law, an unlawful setting upon one's person; an attempt or offer to beat another, without touching his person; as by lifting the fist or a cane, in a threatening manner. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery. ASSAULT', verb transitive 1. To attack or fall upon by violence, or with a hostile intention; as, to assault a man, a house or town. 2. To invade or fall on with force; as, the cry of war assaults our ears. 3. To attack by words, arguments or unfriendly measures, with a view to shake, impair or overthrow; as, to assault a character, the laws or the administration.
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