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English Dictionary: aggress by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aggress
v
  1. take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack"
    Synonym(s): attack, aggress
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aggress \Ag*gress"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Aggressed}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Aggressing}.] [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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aggress \Ag*gress"\, v. t.
      To set upon; to attack. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aggress \Ag*gress"\, n. [L. aggressus.]
      Aggression. [Obs.]
  
               Their military aggresses on others.         --Sir M. Hale.
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