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I would recommend it to everybody, every now and again you just put a dress on, see what it feels like, because it's, its interesting. A whole complex series of thoughts and feelings assail you as you look at yourself.
Tom Wilkinson

Meaning of "assail" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ASSAIL

From Old French asalir, from Vulgar Latin assalīre (unattested) to leap upon, from Latin assilīre, from salīre to leap.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ASSAIL

assail  [əˈseɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASSAIL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Assail is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb assail in English.

WHAT DOES ASSAIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Assail

Assail may refer to: ▪ Assail, a continent in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series ▪ HMAS Assail, an Attack-class patrol boat ▪ USS Assail, an Admirable-class minesweeper...

Definition of assail in the English dictionary

The first definition of assail in the dictionary is to attack violently; assault. Other definition of assail is to criticize or ridicule vehemently, as in argument. Assail is also to beset or disturb.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ASSAIL

PRESENT

Present
I assail
you assail
he/she/it assails
we assail
you assail
they assail
Present continuous
I am assailling
you are assailling
he/she/it is assailling
we are assailling
you are assailling
they are assailling
Present perfect
I have assailled
you have assailled
he/she/it has assailled
we have assailled
you have assailled
they have assailled
Present perfect continuous
I have been assailling
you have been assailling
he/she/it has been assailling
we have been assailling
you have been assailling
they have been assailling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I assailled
you assailled
he/she/it assailled
we assailled
you assailled
they assailled
Past continuous
I was assailling
you were assailling
he/she/it was assailling
we were assailling
you were assailling
they were assailling
Past perfect
I had assailled
you had assailled
he/she/it had assailled
we had assailled
you had assailled
they had assailled
Past perfect continuous
I had been assailling
you had been assailling
he/she/it had been assailling
we had been assailling
you had been assailling
they had been assailling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will assail
you will assail
he/she/it will assail
we will assail
you will assail
they will assail
Future continuous
I will be assailling
you will be assailling
he/she/it will be assailling
we will be assailling
you will be assailling
they will be assailling
Future perfect
I will have assailled
you will have assailled
he/she/it will have assailled
we will have assailled
you will have assailled
they will have assailled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been assailling
you will have been assailling
he/she/it will have been assailling
we will have been assailling
you will have been assailling
they will have been assailling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would assail
you would assail
he/she/it would assail
we would assail
you would assail
they would assail
Conditional continuous
I would be assailling
you would be assailling
he/she/it would be assailling
we would be assailling
you would be assailling
they would be assailling
Conditional perfect
I would have assail
you would have assail
he/she/it would have assail
we would have assail
you would have assail
they would have assail
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been assailling
you would have been assailling
he/she/it would have been assailling
we would have been assailling
you would have been assailling
they would have been assailling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you assail
we let´s assail
you assail
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to assail
Past participle
assailled
Present Participle
assailling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ASSAIL


foresail
ˈfɔːˌseɪl
headsail
ˈhɛdˌseɪl
mainsail
ˈmeɪnˌseɪl
marseille
mɑːˈseɪl
outsail
ˌaʊtˈseɪl
parasail
ˈpærəˌseɪl
presale
ˈpriːseɪl
reassail
ˌriːəˈseɪl
resail
riːˈseɪl
resale
ˈriːˌseɪl
sail
seɪl
sale
seɪl
staysail
ˈsteɪˌseɪl
supersale
ˈsuːpərˌseɪl
topsail
ˈtɒpˌseɪl
wassail
ˈwɒseɪl
wholesale
ˈhəʊlˌseɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ASSAIL

assafetida
assafoetida
assagai
assai
assailable
assailant
assailer
assailment
assam
assam ikan
Assamese
assart
assassin
assassin bug
assassin fly
assassinate
assassination
assassinator
assault
assault and battery

WORDS THAT END LIKE ASSAIL

crowd on sail
fore and aft sail
forestaysail
full sail
gaff-topsail
in sail
lateen sail
lugsail
make sail
mesail
press of sail
set sail
skysail
solar sail
spritsail
square sail
storm trysail
trysail
under sail
windsail

Synonyms and antonyms of assail in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ASSAIL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «assail» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of assail

Translation of «assail» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ASSAIL

Find out the translation of assail to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of assail from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «assail» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

抨击
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

atacar
570 millions of speakers

English

assail
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आक्रमण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يهاجم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нападать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

atacar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রাণপণ চেষ্টা করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

attaquer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menyerang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

angreifen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

激しく非難する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공격을 가하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyalahake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

công kích
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தாக்குவதற்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आश्रय देणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

saldırmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

attaccare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zaatakować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нападати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

asalta
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

assail
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oorweldig
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

angripa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

angripe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of assail

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ASSAIL»

The term «assail» is regularly used and occupies the 107.810 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ASSAIL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «assail» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «assail» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about assail

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QUOTES WITH «ASSAIL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word assail.
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Tom Wilkinson
I would recommend it to everybody, every now and again you just put a dress on, see what it feels like, because it's, its interesting. A whole complex series of thoughts and feelings assail you as you look at yourself.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASSAIL»

Discover the use of assail in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to assail and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Assail
Casting light on mysteries spanning the Malazan empire, and offering a glimpse of the storied and epic history that shaped it, Assail brings the epic story of the Empire of Malaz to a thrilling close.
Ian C Esslemont, 2014
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Hmas Assail
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMAS Assail (P 89) was an Attack class patrol boat boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Insidious
Shall we call in the—” Two ASSAIL units went offline. Nemain and Nerad. Bren barely had time to blink before dozens of people in black gear leaped forward from hiding places twenty or thirty meters into the factory. They floated through the air ...
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Psalms 1-50
Expositions of the Psalms 18.40.75 Assail the Assailants. Evagrius of Pon- tus: If fighters find themselves being assailed and assailing in return, and if the demons fight against us, then they too when they assail us will be assailed by us ...
Craig A. Blaising, Carmen S. Hardin, 2008
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English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
TO ATTACK, ASSAIL, ASSAULT, ENCOUNTER. ATTACK, in French attaquer, changed from attacker, in Latin at- taclum, participle of attingo, signifies to bring into close contact. ASSAIL, ASSAULT, in French assaillir, Latin assilio, asuallutn,  ...
George Crabb, 1846
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English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
TO ATTACK, ASSAIL, ASSAULT, ENCOUNTER. ATTACK, in French attacquer, changed from attacher, in Latin altac- tum, participle of attingo, signifies to bring into close contact. ASSAIL, ASSAULT, in French assailir, Latin assilio, assaltum, ...
George Crabb, 1818
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Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous ...
Assail. Assault. Encounter. Of these, to Attack (Fr. attaquer) may be considered the generic form, implying every degree of activity, the others denoting modes of approach for purposes of violence. What seems uppermost in the idea of attack is  ...
‎1871
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The Timeless Book Two: Silver Lining
“I'll end this now and then-” Daggers tore through the air and Assail's body as Elissa stopped the attacker cold. Assail collapsed on the floor as her life quickly bled from her body. “Falt, Call for a medic!” Elissa rushed to her side. “I hit the artery ...
Tyson Luke
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The Chambers Dictionary
naS American palm (esp Euterpe edulis); its small, fleshy, dark purple fruit; a drink made from its fruit. [Tupi] assail ,>-M/, v; to attack, --adj assail able, n assail ant a person who attacks. - " assail er « assail'ment. [OFr asaillir. from L assifire. from ...
Allied Chambers, 1998
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The London Encyclopaedia: Or, Universal Dictionary of ...
Assail'ant, d. &. adj. >To assault ; to make a Assail'er, I sudden and vehement Assa i l'u ent, J attack by various means of annoyance. So, when he saw his flattering arts to fail , With gTeedy force he 'gan the fort t' assail. Faerie Quecne 111 put ...
Thomas Curtis, 1829

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASSAIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term assail is used in the context of the following news items.
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Milwaukee Running Tours gives us a little history lesson with our city …
The Wisconsin Trail Assail running series has more events coming up. The National Watermelon Run is Aug. 1 at Pike Lake State Park. «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jul 15»
2
HK activists urge Singapore to free teenage blogger Amos Yee
Some protesters set fire to masks showing Lee Kuan Yew's face to assail Yee's detention. “Criticizing Lee Kuan Yew should not be a crime,” a ... «EJ Insight, Jul 15»
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Irrigating holdouts keep water flowing through Salt Lake City's …
Canals » Critics assail inefficiency of diverting water to flood more than 160 Salt Lake City yards each week. Facebook Twitter Google+ ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Jul 15»
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The Sinking Of The Atlantic
Frum's logic is so easy to assail because his entire argument is based on a false premise: He parrots President Barack Obama's claim that ... «America's 1st Freedom, Jul 15»
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4th July 1997: Murcia recorded hottest day in Spain during the 20th …
Region of Murcia on snow alert as bad weather hits Spain Low temperatures and strong winds assail the Costa CálidaAs Spain prepares to ... «Murcia Today, Jul 15»
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After the SCOTUS Ruling on Gay Marriage — The Department of …
You can count on some religious leaders to assail the court for the courageous decision. In Mississippi, officials are still waiting on a lower court ... «iFreePress.com, Jul 15»
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Hezbollah, Syrian army assail Zabadani
Hezbollah, Syrian army assail Zabadani. A Hezbollah fighter aims his rifle in Qalamoun, Friday, May 15, 2015. (The Daily Star/Mohammad ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»
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Ralston: Rep. Joe Heck will run for Reid's Senate seat
... Reid has no record of votes, not to mention gaffes, to assail. This would be much tougher than taking on The Man Republicans Love to Hate. «Reno Gazette Journal, Jul 15»
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UN Human Rights Council? UN Human Wrongs Council!
The 47-member UN Human Rights Council in Geneva just voted to assail Israel because of the Hamas-triggered war in the summer of 2014. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Big business group hits TRO vs Torre
The Supreme Court last month issued an order temporarily halting the construction of the 49-story Torre de Manila, which critics assail for ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»

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