assault
Cross references: 1. battery 2. attack 1. as.sault \*-'so.lt\ n [ME assaut, fr. OF, fr. (assumed) VL assaltus, fr. assaltus,]pp. of assalire 1: a violent physical or verbal attack 2a: an apparently violent attempt or a willful offer with force or violence to do hurt to another without the actual doing of the hurt threatened (as by lifting the fist in a threatening manner) 2b: RAPE 2. assault vt 1: to make an assault upon 2: RAPE : to make an assault