Insult \In"sult\, n. [L. insultus, fr. insilire to leap upon:
   cf. F. insulte. See Insult, v. t.]
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   1. The act of leaping on; onset; attack. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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   2. Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an
      act or speech of insolence or contempt; a deprecatory
      remark; an affront; an indignity.
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            The ruthless sneer that insult adds to grief.
                                                  --Savage.

   3. (Med., Biology) An injury to an organism; trauma; as, to
      produce an experimental insult to investigate healing
      processes.
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   Syn: Affront; indignity; abuse; outrage; contumely. See
        Affront.
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Insult \In*sult"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insulted; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Insulting.] [F. insulter, L. insultare, freq. fr.
   insilire to leap into or upon; pref. in- in, on + salire to
   leap. See Salient.]
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   1. To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
      [Obs.] --Shak.
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   2. To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by
      word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a
      liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him.
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Insult \In*sult"\, v. i.
   1. To leap or jump.
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            Give me thy knife, I will insult on him. --Shak.
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            Like the frogs in the apologue, insulting upon their
            wooden king.                          --Jer. Taylor.
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   2. To behave with insolence; to exult. [Archaic]
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            The lion being dead, even hares insult. --Daniel.
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            An unwillingness to insult over their helpless
            fatuity.                              --Landor.
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