† assautadv.adj.
Obsolete.
to go or be assau(l)t: to seek the male, to rut.
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c1400 Bk. Huntynge, MS. Bodl. No. 546 viii. 38 The fyxene of þe wolf is a sawt ones yn þe ȝeer.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Go asawte..which is the desyre betwene the male kynd, and the female kynde, Catulio.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie A 548 To goe assault..Catulio.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvi. xxv When as Nature seemeth to goe proud or assaut, and is in the rut and furious rage of love.
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