aggress
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Latin aggressuslbor. English aggress 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.
- learned borrowing from aggressum
Definitions
Aggression.
- his aggress / Was made with such precaution as to quench / Douay's intent and throw him in a mess.
To set upon
To set upon; to attack.
To commit the first act of hostility or offense against
To commit the first act of hostility or offense against; to begin a quarrel or controversy with someone; to make an attack against someone.
The neighborhood
- neighboraggression
- neighboraggressive
- neighboraggressiveness
- neighboraggressor
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for aggress. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA