Aggress \uh-GRES\ (intransitive verb) - To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to make an attack.
"Nagaraj can never bring himself to aggress or fight back, but he is capable of a delicious malice." -- Julian Moynahan, 'India of the Imagination'
Aggress is from French agresser , from Latin aggredi , aggress- , "to approach, to approach aggressively, to attack," from ad- , "to" + gradi , "to step, to walk."
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