assaile

English

Verb

assaile (third-person singular simple present assailes, present participle assailing, simple past and past participle assailed)

1. Obsolete spelling of assail
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

     Let vs once againe aſſaile your eares,

Anagrams

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

assaile

1. Alternative form of assailen

Etymology 2

A back-formation from assailen.

Alternative forms

• asayle, assayle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈsæi̯l(ə)/

Noun

assaile (rare)

1. An assault or strike.

References

• “assail(l)e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.