Definition for IN-SULT'

IN-SULT', v.t. [Fr. insulter; It. insultare; Sp. insultar; L. insulto. See the noun.]

To treat with gross abuse, insolence or contempt, by words or actions; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him. To insult over, to triumph over with insolence and contempt.

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