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Webster's English Dictionary

assault

n. [OE. asaut, assaut, OF. assaut, asalt, F. assaut, LL. assaltus; L. ad + saltus a leaping, a springing, salire to leap. See Assail.]1. A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town. ()

The Spanish general prepared to renew the assault. (Prescott.)

Unshaken bears the assault Of their most dreaded foe, the strong southwest. (Wordsworth.)

2. A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government. (Clarendon.)

3. (Law) An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery. (Blackstone. Wharton.)

Practically, however, the word assault is used to include the battery. (Mozley & W.)

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v. t. [From Assault, n.: cf. OF. assaulter, LL. assaltare.]1. To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men; to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or menaces. ()

Insnared, assaulted, overcome, led bound. (Milton.)

2. To attack with moral means, or with a view of producing moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures; to assail; as, to assault a reputation or an administration. ()

Before the gates, the cries of babes newborn, . . . Assault his ears. (Dryden.)

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