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assailassail /əˈseɪl/ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYassailOrigin: 1200-1300 Old French asaillir, from Latin assilire, from ad- to + salire to jump VERB TABLEassail |
| Present | I, you, we, they | assail | | he, she, it | assails | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | assailed | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have assailed | | he, she, it | has assailed | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had assailed | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will assail | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have assailed |
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| Present | I | am assailing | | he, she, it | is assailing | | you, we, they | are assailing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was assailing | | you, we, they | were assailing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been assailing | | he, she, it | has been assailing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been assailing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be assailing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been assailing |
► assailed by doubts As soon as I’d finished the test, I was assailed by doubts. 1[usually passive] literary if a thought or feeling assails you, it worries or upsets you: As soon as I’d finished the test, I was assailed by doubts.2to criticize someone or something severely: assail somebody for something Democrats have been assailing the president for ignoring the needs of the middle class.3formal to attack someone or something violently |