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assailest

assailest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of assail.

Meaning of assail

Verb

assail (third-person singular simple present assails, present participle assailing, simple past and past participle assailed)

  1. (figuratively, sometimes, transitive) To attack with harsh words or violent force.
    • Muggers assailed them as they entered an alley.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To overcome or successfully argue against; defeat.
    • "Yes," he said, half musing to himself, "I knew it must exist: the one explanation that accounts for everything and cannot be assailed. We have reached the bed-rock of truth at last."1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC

Origin of assailest

From assail + -est.

Questions about assailest

What is assailest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Assailest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of assail.

Words near assailest in the dictionary

  1. assaile
  2. assailed
  3. assailer
  4. assailers
  5. assailes
  6. assailest
  7. assaileth
  8. assailing
  9. assailment
  10. assailments
  11. assails

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