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<hw>In*sult"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Insulted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Insulting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>insulter</ets>, L. <ets>insultare</ets>, freq. fr. <ets>insilire</ets> to leap into or upon; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in, on + <ets>salire</ets> to leap. See <er>Salient</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; <as>as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to <ex>insult</ex> him</as>.</def>

<h1>Insult</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In*sult"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To leap or jump.</def>

<blockquote>Give me thy knife, I will <b>insult</b> on him. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Like the frogs in the apologue, <b>insulting</b> upon their wooden king. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To behave with insolence; to exult.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>The lion being dead, even hares <b>insult</b>. <i>Daniel.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>An unwillingness to <b>insult</b> over their helpless fatuity. <i>Landor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Insultable</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In*sult"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being insulted or affronted.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Emerson.</i>

<h1>Insultation</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In`sul*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>insultatio</ets>, fr. <ets>insultare</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>insultation</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of insulting; abusive or insolent treatment; insult.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Feltham.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Exultation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Is. xiv. (heading).</i>

<h1>Insulter</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In*sult"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who insults.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Insulting</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In*sult"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Containing, or characterized by, insult or abuse; tending to insult or affront; <as>as, <ex>insulting</ex> language, treatment, etc.</as></def> -- <wordforms><wf>In*sult"ing*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<syn>Syn. -- Insolent; impertinent; saucy; rude; abusive; contemptuous. See <er>Insolent</er>.</syn>

<h1>Insultment</h1> <Xpage=773>

<hw>In*sult"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Insolent treatment; insult.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "My speech of <i>insultment</i> ended."