attack, aggress
(verb) take the initiative and go on the offensive; “The Serbs attacked the village at night”; “The visiting team started to attack”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
aggress (uncountable)
Aggression.
aggress (third-person singular simple present aggresses, present participle aggressing, simple past and past participle aggressed)
(transitive) To set upon; to attack.
(intransitive, construed with on) To commit the first act of hostility or offense against; to begin a quarrel or controversy with someone; to make an attack against someone.
• saggers, seggars
Source: Wiktionary
Ag*gress", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Aggressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Aggressing.] [L. aggressus, p. p. of aggredi to go to, approach; ad + gradi to step, go, gradus step: cf. OF. aggresser. See Grade.]
Definition: To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.
Ag*gress", n. [L. aggressus.]
Definition: Aggression. [Obs.]
Their military aggresses on others. Sir M. Hale.
Ag*gress", v. t.
Definition: To set upon; to attack. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 May 2025
(noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
