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Webster 1913 Edition

Aggress

Ag-gress′

,
Verb.
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
.

Ag-gress′

,
Verb.
T.
To set upon; to attack.
[R.]

Ag-gress′

,
Noun.
[L.
aggressus
.]
Aggression.
[Obs.]
Their military
aggresses
on others.
Sir M. Hale.

Webster 1828 Edition

Aggress

AGGRESS'

,
Verb.
I.
[L. aggredior, aggressus, of ad and gradior, to go. See Grade.]
To make a first attack; to commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to assault first or invade.

Definition 2024

aggress

aggress

English

Noun

aggress ‎(uncountable)

  1. Aggression.

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

Related terms

External links

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

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.

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