aggress
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ag·gress
(ə-grĕs′)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 Indo-European roots.]
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aggress
(əˈɡrɛs)vb
(intr) to attack first or begin a quarrel
[C16: from Medieval Latin aggressāre to attack, from Latin aggredī to attack, approach]
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ag•gress
(əˈgrɛs)v.i.
1. to commit the first act of hostility or offense; attack first.
2. to begin to quarrel.
[1565–75; < Latin aggressus, past participle of aggredī to attack]
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aggress
Past participle: aggressed
Gerund: aggressing
| Imperative |
|---|
| aggress |
| aggress |
| Present |
|---|
| I aggress |
| you aggress |
| he/she/it aggresses |
| we aggress |
| you aggress |
| they aggress |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I aggressed |
| you aggressed |
| he/she/it aggressed |
| we aggressed |
| you aggressed |
| they aggressed |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am aggressing |
| you are aggressing |
| he/she/it is aggressing |
| we are aggressing |
| you are aggressing |
| they are aggressing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have aggressed |
| you have aggressed |
| he/she/it has aggressed |
| we have aggressed |
| you have aggressed |
| they have aggressed |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was aggressing |
| you were aggressing |
| he/she/it was aggressing |
| we were aggressing |
| you were aggressing |
| they were aggressing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had aggressed |
| you had aggressed |
| he/she/it had aggressed |
| we had aggressed |
| you had aggressed |
| they had aggressed |
| Future |
|---|
| I will aggress |
| you will aggress |
| he/she/it will aggress |
| we will aggress |
| you will aggress |
| they will aggress |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have aggressed |
| you will have aggressed |
| he/she/it will have aggressed |
| we will have aggressed |
| you will have aggressed |
| they will have aggressed |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be aggressing |
| you will be aggressing |
| he/she/it will be aggressing |
| we will be aggressing |
| you will be aggressing |
| they will be aggressing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been aggressing |
| you have been aggressing |
| he/she/it has been aggressing |
| we have been aggressing |
| you have been aggressing |
| they have been aggressing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been aggressing |
| you will have been aggressing |
| he/she/it will have been aggressing |
| we will have been aggressing |
| you will have been aggressing |
| they will have been aggressing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been aggressing |
| you had been aggressing |
| he/she/it had been aggressing |
| we had been aggressing |
| you had been aggressing |
| they had been aggressing |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would aggress |
| you would aggress |
| he/she/it would aggress |
| we would aggress |
| you would aggress |
| they would aggress |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have aggressed |
| you would have aggressed |
| he/she/it would have aggressed |
| we would have aggressed |
| you would have aggressed |
| they would have aggressed |
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Verb 1. [画像:aggress - take the initiative and go on the offensive]aggress - take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack"
check - place into check; "He checked my kings"
fork - place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
attack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"
harass - exhaust by attacking repeatedly; "harass the enemy"
pin - immobilize a piece
tackle - seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball
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