Infinitive
assailen; to assailen; assaile
Participles
| Present | assailynge; assailende |
| Past | assailed; yassailed |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | assaile |
| 2nd sing. | assailest |
| 3rd sing. | assaileth |
| 1st plur. | assailen; assaile; assaileth |
| 2nd plur. | assailen; assaile; assaileth |
| 3rd plur. | assailen; assaile; assaileth |
Past
| 1st sing. | assailed; assailede |
| 2nd sing. | assailedest |
| 3rd sing. | assailed; assailede |
| 1st plur. | assaileden; assailed; assailede |
| 2nd plur. | assaileden; assailed; assailede |
| 3rd plur. | assaileden; assailed; assailede |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | assaile |
| 2nd sing. | assaile |
| 3rd sing. | assaile |
Past
| 1st sing. | assailed; assailede |
| 2nd sing. | assailed; assailede |
| 3rd sing. | assailed; assailede |
Imperative
| Singular | assaile |
| Plural | assaileth; assaile |
Verbs conjugated like assailen
syflen,
seisen,
cristenen,
snyten,
snowen,
snewen,
saucen,
sarsen,
whelven,
whelpen,
whelmen,
smoren,
smaken,
sliken,
sotten,
solven,
skyren,
bekenen,
beteren,
bewrien, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
From Old French assaillir, assalir, from Late Latin assalīre; equivalent to assaile + -en (infinitival suffix). See: Old French '
assalir'.
Verbs referencing "assailen"
English
assail.
Sample Sentences
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Forsothe men of Geth borun in the lond killiden hem, for thei ȝeden doun to assaile her possessiouns. (Forsooth, men of Gath born in the land killed him, for they went down to assail her possessions.) [c. 1390, John Wycliffe, transl., edited by Josiah Forshall and Frederic Madden, The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal Books, in the Earliest English Versions (Wycliffe's Bible), volume II, Oxford UP, published 1850, I. Paralipomenon VII.21, page 334, column 2:]
Cognates
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