assailen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === assaillen, assaille, assaylle, asailen, assaile, assayle, saile, sayll, saylen, sailen, saillen, sayle, seællen, a-sayle === Etymology === From Old French assaillir, assalir, from Late Latin assalīre; equivalent to assaile +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈsæi̯lən/, /ˈsæi̯lən/ === Verb === assailen To assail or assault; to loot or attack. To begin or launch an assault or military operation. To bother, hurt, or injure (used often of malign forces) To affect; to induce towards (used of feelings) To lure or draw into sin, perfidy, or iniquity. To insult; to launch into a tirade or rant against. To try or undertake (an endeavour or behaviour) (rare) To become (dead or slumbering) (rare) To have intercourse; to mate (used of animals). (rare) To assay; to investigate something. (rare) To plead; to beseech. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== assaile assailour assailynge ==== Descendants ==== English: assail Scots: assail, assailzie ==== References ==== “assail(l)en, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 17 August 2018. “sailen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 17 August 2018.