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单词 reassault
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reassaultn.

Brit. /ˌriːəˈsɔːlt/, /ˌriːəˈsɒlt/, U.S. /ˌriəˈsɔlt/, /ˌriəˈsɑlt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps originally modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymons: re- prefix, assault n.
Etymology: < re- prefix + assault n., perhaps originally after Italian †riassalto (apparently only 1611 in Florio: see quot. 1611). Compare slightly later reassault v.
A renewed or repeated assault; (also) the action of assaulting again.
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1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Riassalto A re-assault.
1631 R. Byfield Doctr. Sabbath Vindicated 3 Never so subtle or serpentine in malice to a re-assault.
a1711 T. Ken Urania in Wks. (1721) IV. 471 The Chaste..By Watching, Prayr, Fasts, Alms, Lust's Fury quell, and all its reassaults repell.
1938 News (Frederick, Maryland) 13 July 9/5 Streams..were clearing Monday for a reassault upon black bass by county anglers.
2000 Esquire (Nexis) Nov. 36 The percentages of reassault for the dropouts and completers..are simply wrong.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

reassaultv.

Brit. /ˌriːəˈsɔːlt/, /ˌriːəˈsɒlt/, U.S. /ˌriəˈsɔlt/, /ˌriəˈsɑlt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, assault v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + assault v. Compare Italian riassaltare (1611 in Florio). Compare slightly earlier reassault n.
transitive. To assault or attack again (a person or thing).
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society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] > attack again
reassault1637
reattack1654
1637 P. Vincent True Relation Late Battell 17 The Salvages..re-assaulted him, thinking with their hatchets to have knocked him in the head.
1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 24 One Turner a Doctor of Physick, reassaults it in these six Queries.
1674 T. Flatman Against Thoughts in Poems 102 Then they throng again, And reassault me with a trebled pain.
a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo vii, in Wks. (1721) III. 220 Soon as this lower World becomes our own, We with success may reassault the Throne.
1779 F. Burney Let. 21–7 May in Early Jrnls. & Lett. Fanny Burney (1994) 275 Then I was assaulted, & re-assaulted, & the Major said he would Head a File of musqueteers against me.
1851 C. L. Smith tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem Delivered iii. xxiii She covered her fair head..And re-assaulted him.
1962 Lima (Ohio) News 26 Dec. 1/4 Artime said the released prisoners were determined to reassault the Caribbean island.
1997 Calif. Law Rev. 85 656 Nineteen percent of arrested batterers..reassaulted them after the initial incident.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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