intr.v. ag·gressed, ag·gress·ing, ag·gress·es To initiate an attack, war, quarrel, or fight. [French agresser, from Latin aggredī, aggress-, to attack : ad-, ad- + gradī, to go; see ghredh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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