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Verb  To Aggress Ag·Gress Intransitive Latin  Attack Merriam Webster's

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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
ag·gress

 \\ə-ˈgres\\ intransitive verb
 DATE  circa 1714
: to commit aggression : act aggressively
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
ag·gress
\əˈgres also aˈ-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Late Latin aggressus attack, from Latin aggressus, past participle of aggredi to approach, attack, undertake, from ad- + -gredi (from gradi to step, go) — more at 
grade
intransitive verb
: to make an attack : commit aggression
 < westerners even aggressed against one another — A.E.Stevenson b. 1900 >
transitive verb
: to set upon : 
attack
 < lions … seeking whom they may aggress — Saturday Review >

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