[uh-gres] 
| 1. | to commit the first act of hostility or offense; attack first. |
| 2. | to begin to quarrel. |
| 3. | to behave aggressively toward; attack (often fol. by upon): wild animals aggressing their prey. |
| ag·gress (ə-grěs') intr.v. ag·gressed, ag·gress·ing, ag·gress·es To initiate an attack, war, quarrel, or fight: "America . . . guaranteed that no EC state would aggress against another" (John J. Mearsheimer). [French agresser, from Latin aggredī, aggress-, to attack : ad-, ad- + gradī, to go; see ghredh- in Indo-European roots.] |
