assaillir

French

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Verb

assaillir

1. to assail, assault, attack

Conjugation

• This verb is part of a small group of verbs in -ir that conjugate in the indicative imperfect and present, the subjunctive present, and the present participle, as if they ended in -er. They are sometimes written with an ‘e’ in the future and imperfect, like cueillir and other verbs in -llir.

   Conjugation of assaillir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		assaillir			avoir assailli
gerund		en assaillant			en ayant assailli
present participle		assaillant
past participle		assailli
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	assaille	assailles	assaille	assaillons	assaillez	assaillent
	imperfect	assaillais	assaillais	assaillait	assaillions	assailliez	assaillaient
	past historic1	assaillis	assaillis	assaillit	assaillîmes	assaillîtes	assaillirent
	future	assaillirai	assailliras	assaillira	assaillirons	assaillirez	assailliront
	conditional	assaillirais	assaillirais	assaillirait	assaillirions	assailliriez	assailliraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	assaille	assailles	assaille	assaillions	assailliez	assaillent
	imperfect1	assaillisse	assaillisses	assaillît	assaillissions	assaillissiez	assaillissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	assaille	—	assaillons	assaillez	—
1literary tenses

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Old French

Verb

assaillir

1. to jump on
2. to attack; to assault
   • circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     Rogier li viel, cil de Belmont
     Assalt Engleis el primier front

     Roger the aged, the one from Belmont
     Attacked some Englishmen of the first line

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