besail

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To attack or assail; lunge at or toward; assault. archaic,poetic,rare,transitive
    — The civvies and the brakesmen, with clubs they did me besail; They marched me right straight over to the Albany Jail […]

词形变化

besails present,singular,third-person besailing participle,present besailed participle,past besailed past

词源

From be- (“at, toward”) + sail (“to attack, assail”), from Middle English sailen (“to attack”), short for assailen (“to assail”).
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