SORTIED

Verb

sortied

simple past tense and past participle of sortie

Anagrams

• destroi, doiters, editors, oestrid, ostreid, roisted, steroid, storied, tie rods, tierods, triodes

Source: Wiktionary


SORTIE

Sor"tie, n. Etym: [F., fr. sortir to go out, to issue, probably fr. L. sortus, for surrectus, p.p. of surgere to raise up, to rise up. See Source.] (Mil.)

Definition: The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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