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assail
in
Pride and Prejudice
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- Elizabeth listened in silence, but was not convinced; their behavior at the assembly had not been calculated to please in general; and with more quickness of observation and less pliancy of temper than her sister, and with a judgement too unassailed by any attention to herself, she was very little disposed to approve them.†
p. 17.3unassailed = not attackedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unassailed means not and reverses the meaning of assailed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definitions:
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(1)
(assail) to attack or cause trouble
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)