aggress

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English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

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  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 someone; to make an attack against someone.

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