INSULT (2)

insult (2). Insult, v.t. to treat with insolence, affront, attack

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In‐sult″ (?), 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.]] 1. 1. To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon. Shak.
2. 2. 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.