Agen vs Assault - What's the difference?
agen | assault |
*1832-1837 , John Clare, Approaching Night
*:O, how I long to be agen
*:That poor and independent man,
*:With labour's lot from morn to night
*:And books to read at candle light;
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.
* Prescott
* Shakespeare
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.
(criminal, legal) An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching his person, as by lifting a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at him and missing him.
(singulare tantum, legal) The crime whose action is such an attempt.
An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm.
(singulare tantum, legal) The tort whose action is such an act.
(fencing) A non-competitive combat between two fencers.
As an adverb agen
is .As a preposition agen
is .As a noun assault is
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.As a verb assault is
to attack, threaten or harass.agen
English
Adverb
(-)assault
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Noun
(en noun)- The Spanish general prepared to renew the assault .
- Unshaken bears the assault / Of their most dreaded foe, the strong southwest.