English Explanatory Dictionary

besail

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To attack or assail; lunge at or toward; assault.

Word forms

besail besails besailing besailed

Etymology

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

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