assail briskly

  • 1ply — I. v. a. 1. Employ, apply, keep busy. 2. Exercise, practise, put in practice. 3. Press hard, beset, assail briskly, lay on. 4. Urge, solicit, importune. 5. Offer repeatedly, present urgently, urge upon, press upon. II. n. 1 …

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