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aggress

ag·gress [ ə gréss ] (past and past participle ag·gressed, present participle ag·gress·ing, 3rd person present singular ag·gress·es)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
start fight: to attack first, or begin a war, fight, or argument ( formal )

[Late 16th century. Via obsolete French aggresser< Latin aggress-, past participle of aggredi "approach, attack" < gradi "walk"]
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