Pronunciation: &-'solt
                  Function: noun
                  Etymology: Middle English assaut, from Old French, from
                  (assumed) Vulgar Latin assaltus, from assalire
                  Date: 14th century
                  1 a : a violent physical or verbal attack b : a military attack
                  usually involving direct combat with enemy forces c : a
                  concerted effort (as to reach a goal or defeat an adversary)
                  2 a : a threat or attempt to inflict offensive physical contact
                  or bodily harm on a person (as by lifting a fist in a
                  threatening manner) that puts the person in immediate
                  danger of or in apprehension of such harm or contact --