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The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant.

An assailant; also, a temper.

Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base,…

an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact

to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trai…

to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trai…

One who subscribed and defended the "Solemn League and Covenant." See Covenant.

The act of defending, or the state of being defended; protection, as from violence or danger.

Capable of being defended; defensible.

One who is defended.

Capability of being defended.

Capable of being defended; as, a defensible city, or a defensible cause.

Capability of being defended; defensibility.

a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers

Capable of being defended, or of making or affording defense.

Land held in villenage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and resumed at his disc…

To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.