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/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)

To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; with on.

Take the initiative and go on the offensive, as in a game.

Synonyms: attack

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Etymology of 'Aggress'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Aggress" Quotes from Famous Books

... that this democratic principle, however imperfectly developed, has so worked in France, in England, in the United States, that these countries are already nearly safe from inclination to aggress, or to subdue ...

— New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 - From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index • Various

... gentleman pointed out to you the extreme absurdity of attempting to excite you upon the ground of southern aggression upon the north. We have nothing to aggress upon. We have not now, as he has told you, the power, though once we had, to interfere with your domestic institutions. We never had the will to do so. And if we had the power now, true to the instincts and history of our fathers, we would abstain ...

— Speeches of the Honorable Jefferson Davis 1858 • Hon. Jefferson Davis