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   Insult , n. [L. insultus, fr. insilire to leap upon: cf. F. insulte. See Insult, v. t.]
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   The act of leaping on; onset; attack. [Obs.]
   Dryden.
   
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   Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; a deprecatory remark; an affront; an indignity.
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   The ruthless sneer that insult adds to grief.
   Savage.
   (Med., Biology) An injury to an organism; trauma; as, to produce an experimental insult to investigate healing processes.
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   Syn. -- Affront; indignity; abuse; outrage; contumely. See Affront.
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   Insult , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Insulting.] [F. insulter, L. insultare, freq. fr. insilire to leap into or upon; pref. in- in, on + salire to leap. See Salient.]
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   To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon. [Obs.]
   Shak.
   
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   To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him.
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   Insult, v. i.
   To leap or jump.
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   Give me thy knife, I will insult on him.
   Shak.
   
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   Like the frogs in the apologue, insulting upon their wooden king.
   Jer. Taylor.
   
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   To behave with insolence; to exult. [Archaic]
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   The lion being dead, even hares insult.
   Daniel.
   
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   An unwillingness to insult over their helpless fatuity.
   Landor.
   
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