aggress

English

Etymology

From Latin aggressum, past participle of aggredi (“to attack, assail, approach, go to”), from ad (“to”) + gradi (“to walk, go”), from gradus (“step”); see grade.

Noun

aggress (uncountable)

  1. Aggression. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Verb

aggress (third-person singular simple present aggresses, present participle aggressing, simple past and past participle aggressed)

  1. (transitive) To set upon; to attack.
  2. (intransitive, construed with on) To commit the first act of hostility or offense against; to begin a quarrel or controversy with; to make an attack against.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • aggress in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • aggress in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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