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Aggress [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

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.

Aggress [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Aggression.

Aggress [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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

Aggress [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To set upon; to attack.

Aggressed [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Aggress

Aggressing [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Commencing hostility first; making the first attack.

Aggressing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Aggress

Aggression [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to war or controversy.

Aggression [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; assault; as, a war of aggression. "Aggressions of power."

Aggressive [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Tending to aggress; making the first attack.

Aggressive [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation.

Aggressor [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The person who first attacks; he who first commences hostility or a quarrel; an assaulter; an invader.

2. The insolence of the aggressor is usually proportioned to the tameness of the sufferer.

Aggressor [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.