reassail

reassail

(ˌriːəˈseɪl)
vb (tr)
formal to assail (someone or something) again
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Verb1.reassail - assail again; "Her old fears reassailed her"
assail, assault, set on, attack - attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
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When, however, they began to pass into a new region, his old fears of stupidity and in- competence reassailed him, but this time he dog- gedly let them babble.
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