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Aggress   /əgrˈɛs/   Listen
noun
Aggress  n.  Aggression. (Obs.) "Their military aggresses on others."


verb
Aggress  v. t.  To set upon; to attack. (R.)


Aggress  v. i.  (past & past part. aggressed; pres. part. aggressing)  
1.
To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; with on.
2.
Take the initiative and go on the offensive, as in a game.
Synonyms: attack





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"Aggress" Quotes from Famous Books



... this case man is the battle-ground; and he must and will suffer so long as mind and matter, spirit and body, do not co-operate amicably—so long as they fight together, and are foes. Fortunately, the remedy can be seen. If the body do not aggress, the spirit will not seek revenge. If you keep the body from irritating, and perturbing, and stultifying the mind through its bile, its spleen, its indigestion, its brain, the mind will most certainly never injure, stultify, or kill the ...
— Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 • Various


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