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Definition: AGGRESSING

Part of Speech Definition
Present participle 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb aggress.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(aggress)
1. Take the initiative and go on the offensive.[Wordnet].
2. To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.[Websters].
3. To set upon; to attack.[Websters].
4. To transcend.[Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: aggressing, aggressed, aggresses, aggressor, aggressors, aggressingly and aggressedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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Date "Aggressing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: AGGRESSING

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Verb] Commencing hostility first; making the first attack.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary [Verb] Present participle of aggress. (references)

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Definition: AGGRESSING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Present participle1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb aggress.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(aggress)
1. Take the initiative and go on the offensive.[Wordnet].
2. To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.[Websters].
3. To set upon; to attack.[Websters].
4. To transcend.[Eve - graph theoretic]
5. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: aggressing, aggressed, aggresses, aggressor, aggressors, aggressingly and aggressedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "AGGRESSING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: AGGRESSING

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] Commencing hostility first; making the first attack.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary[Verb] Present participle of aggress. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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