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- English Word Assault Definition 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.
- English Word Assault Definition 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.
- English Word Assault Definition 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.
- English Word Assault Definition To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces.
- English Word Assault Definition 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.
- English Word Assaultable Definition Capable of being assaulted.
- English Word Assaulted Definition of Assault
- English Word Assaulter Definition One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant.
- English Word Assaulting Definition of Assault
- English Word Assay Definition Trial; attempt; essay.
- English Word Assay Definition Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine.
- English Word Assay Definition Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
- English Word Assay Definition Tested purity or value.
- English Word Assay Definition The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.
- English Word Assay Definition The alloy or metal to be assayed.
- English Word Assay Definition To try; to attempt; to apply.
- English Word Assay Definition To affect.
- English Word Assay Definition To try tasting, as food or drink.
- English Word Assay Definition To subject, as an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound, to chemical or metallurgical examination, in order to determine the amount of a particular metal contained in it, or to ascertain its composition.
- English Word Assay Definition To attempt, try, or endeavor.
- English Word Assayable Definition That may be assayed.
- English Word Assayed Definition of Assay
- English Word Assayer Definition One who assays. Specifically: One who examines metallic ores or compounds, for the purpose of determining the amount of any particular metal in the same, especially of gold or silver.
- English Word Assaying Definition of Assay
- English Word Assaying Definition The act or process of testing, esp. of analyzing or examining metals and ores, to determine the proportion of pure metal.
- English Word Asse Definition A small foxlike animal (Vulpes cama) of South Africa, valued for its fur.
- English Word Assecuration Definition Assurance; certainty.
- English Word Assecure Definition To make sure or safe; to assure.
- English Word Assecution Definition An obtaining or acquiring.
- English Word Assegai Definition A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin.