Assail
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (v. t.) To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.
(2): (v. t.) To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like.
(3): (v. t.) To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like.
King James Dictionary [2]
Assa'Il, L. assilio, to leap or rush upon, of ad and salio, to leap, to rise.
1. To leap or fall upon by violence to assault to attack suddenly, as when one person falls upon another to beat him. 2. To invade or attack, in a hostile manner, as an army, or nation. 3. To attack with arguments, censure,abuse, or criticism, with a view to injure, bring into disrepute, or overthrow. 4. To attack, with a view to overcome, by motives applied to the passions.
Nor hide the encounter of assailing eyes.
