† inˈsaut, v. Obs.
In 5 ensaut, ynsawt.
[ME. ensaute, an altered form of assaut, assault, with change of prefix, due to confusion of a-, an-, en-: cf. ensample.]
trans. To assail contemptuously, insult.
| c 1425 St. Christina xxiv. in Anglia VIII. 129/9 How she ensautid þe worlde, for hit knewe not his creature [= creator]. c 1425 Found. St. Bartholomew's (E.E.T.S.) 25 The whiche nat oonly to the asker wolde nat yeue but was woonte with scornyng wordes to ynsawt them. |