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noun
1.
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
2.
a body of troops involved in such a movement.
3.
the flying of an airplane on a combat mission.
verb (used without object)
4.
to go on a sortie; sally forth.
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Origin:
1680–90; < French, noun use of feminine past participle of sortir to go out
1680–90; < French, noun use of feminine past participle of sortir to go out
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sortie
"attack of the besieged upon the besiegers," 1778, from Fr. sortie, lit. "a going out," noun use of fem. pp. of sortir "go out," from O.Fr., "to go out, escape," from V.L. *surctire, from pp. of L. surgere "rise up" (see surge).
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