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aggress
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb aggress has 1 sense
- aggress(v = verb.competition) attack - take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack" is one way to act, move
Derived forms noun aggression3, noun aggression4, adjective aggressive3, noun aggressor1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
CIDE DICTIONARY
aggress, v. i. [L. aggressus, p. p. of aggredi to go to, approach; ad + gradi to step, go, gradus step: cf. OF. aggresser. See Grade.].
- To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with
on . [1913 Webster] - take the initiative and go on the offensive, as in a game. [WordNet 1.5]
aggress, v. t.
To set upon; to attack. [1913 Webster]
aggress, n. [L. aggressus.].
Aggression. [1913 Webster]
"Their military aggresses on others."
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