The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Insult \In"sult\, n. [L. insultus, fr. insilire to leap upon:
cf. F. insulte. See Insult, v. t.]
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1. The act of leaping on; onset; attack. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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2. Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an
act or speech of insolence or contempt; a deprecatory
remark; an affront; an indignity.
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The ruthless sneer that insult adds to grief.
--Savage.
3. (Med., Biology) An injury to an organism; trauma; as, to
produce an experimental insult to investigate healing
processes.
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Syn: Affront; indignity; abuse; outrage; contumely. See
Affront.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Insult \In*sult"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insulted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Insulting.] [F. insulter, L. insultare, freq. fr.
insilire to leap into or upon; pref. in- in, on + salire to
leap. See Salient.]
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1. To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
[Obs.] --Shak.
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2. To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by
word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a
liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Insult \In*sult"\, v. i.
1. To leap or jump.
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Give me thy knife, I will insult on him. --Shak.
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Like the frogs in the apologue, insulting upon their
wooden king. --Jer. Taylor.
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2. To behave with insolence; to exult. [Archaic]
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The lion being dead, even hares insult. --Daniel.
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An unwillingness to insult over their helpless
fatuity. --Landor.
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