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单词 aggress
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aggressn.

Brit. /əˈɡrɛs/, U.S. /əˈɡrɛs/
Forms: 1500s–1600s aggresse, 1600s agresse, 1600s– aggress; Scottish pre-1700 aggres, pre-1700 aggress.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin aggress-, aggredī; Latin aggressus.
Etymology: In sense 1 probably < classical Latin aggress-, past participial stem of aggredī to approach, attack (see aggress v.). Compare egress n., ingress n., and regress n. In sense 2 < classical Latin aggressus attack, assault (2nd cent. a.d.) < aggress- , past participial stem of aggredī to approach, attack (see aggress v.) + -tus , suffix forming verbal nouns. Compare later aggress v., and (with sense 2) aggression n.
Now rare.
1. Access, approach. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > coming into the presence of or contact with > power or opportunity of
accessc1384
aggress1475
resortc1500
approach1569
1475 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 38 In the mein tyme he to haue aggress [to] Malcom Fleming for quham he is bundin.
1553 in Hereford Munic. MSS (transcript) (O.E.D. Archive) II. 445 Hit is mete that our servantes shuld have fre aggresse & regresse to us during the execucion of our Comission.
a1639 J. Stoughton Forme Wholsome Words (1640) iii. 94 In the aggresse, or setting upon a Christian course, there will come in helpes and directions how to lead a holy life.
1645 J. Lightfoot Comm. Acts 263 A preparative to his fairer and better agresse and accoasting the Tyrant.
1671 T. Harby What is Truth (new ed.) vi. 102 My way is levigated, and my aggress made plain (without any material obstacle) to treat upon the ensuing Epochaes, which come next to be handled.
1732 W. Bowman Poems (ed. 2) 35 Th' obsequious cringing Fool Salutes each surly Lord..Unheeded and unknown, tho' bragging still Of intimate Aggress.
2. An attack, an act of aggression.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > attack > [noun]
fiend-reseOE
frumresec1275
assault1297
sault1297
inracea1300
sailing13..
venuea1330
checkc1330
braid1340
affrayc1380
outrunningc1384
resinga1387
wara1387
riota1393
assailc1400
assayc1400
onset1423
rake?a1425
pursuitc1425
assemblinga1450
brunta1450
oncominga1450
assembly1487
envaya1500
oncomea1500
shovea1500
front1523
scry1523
attemptate1524
assaulting1548
push1565
brash1573
attempt1584
affront?1587
pulse1587
affret1590
saliaunce1590
invasion1591
assailment1592
insultation1596
aggressa1611
onslaught1613
source1616
confronta1626
impulsion1631
tentative1632
essaya1641
infall1645
attack1655
stroke1698
insult1710
coup de main1759
onfall1837
hurrah1841
beat-up of quarters1870
offensive1887
strafe1915
grand slam1916
hop-over1918
run1941
strike1942
a1611 G. Fletcher Israel Redux (1677) 33 The 3d. and last aggress was managed by Salmanasser..who in the 9th of Hoshea sweeped the Land of its inhabitants.
1678 M. Hale Historia Placitorum Coronæ (1736) I. xv. 160 Not only to mutual defense, but also to be assisting to each other in their military aggresses upon others.
1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 383 Upon the very first Aggress.
1836 Amer. Gardener's Mag. Nov. 440 Fruit trees, of all kinds, should now be guarded against the aggress of the grubs of the canker worm.
1841 Rep. 10th Meeting Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1840 Notices & Abstr. 87 During the aggress and climax of these diseases.
1919 M. McNamar Just Muse 68 Unlike the cautious king, who..Controlled eager passion, counted fractions in time; The prince whirls to the aggress.
2010 B. Merrick Big God xi. 226 He is on the aggress.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

aggressv.

Brit. /əˈɡrɛs/, U.S. /əˈɡrɛs/
Forms: 1500s aggresse, 1500s– aggress, 1700s agress.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French aggresser; Latin aggress-, aggredī.
Etymology: < (i) Middle French aggresser, agresser (French agresser ) to attack (a person or thing) (first half of the 14th cent.; earlier in Old French in agresser de ‘to endeavour (to do something)’ (13th cent., reflexive); rare after 1611; re-formed in the first half of the 19th cent. after agression aggression n., agressif aggressive adj.), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin aggress-, past participial stem of aggredī to approach, to attack < ag- , variant of ad- ad- prefix + gradī to march, step (see gradient adj.). Compare earlier aggress n.The following apparent post-dating in sense 1 probably shows an independent development as a variant of progress v.:1967 J. A. Cerello Lexical Surv. Dial. Dakota County, Minnesota 43 He'll get along and will agress in life till he's ahead.
1. intransitive. To approach, march forward; to progress. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)]
comeeOE
tocomeOE
approachc1374
passa1375
accede1465
comprochea1500
coasta1513
aggress?1570
succeed1596
propinquate1623
proximate1623
?1570 T. Preston Lamentable Trag. Cambises sig. A.iijv Beholde I see him now agresse and enter into place.
a1623 G. Buck Hist. Life Richard III (1647) ii. 41 Here then, we are aggressing into the turbulent and luctuall times, which were towards the end and period of his Life and Raigne.
2.
a. transitive. To set upon, attack, assault.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > attack with hostile words or measures
fangc1320
hurtlec1374
impugnc1384
weighc1386
to fall upon ——a1398
to start on ——a1398
oppugn?1435
to lay to, untoa1500
onseta1522
wipe1523
to set against ——1542
to fall aboard——1593
aggress1596
to fall foul1602
attack1613
appugn1615
to set upon ——1639
to fall on ——1641
to lay home, hard, hardly to1650
tack1720
bombard1766
savage1796
to pitch into ——1823
to begin upon a personc1825
bulldog1842
to down on (also upon)a1848
to set at ——1849
to start on ——a1851
to start in on1859
set on at or to1862
to let into1872
to go for ——1890
swash1890
slog1891
to get at ——1893
tee1955
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > attack (of animal)
to venture on (also uponc1528
bait1570
to go at ——1675
tack1720
to go for ——1838
sick1845
aggress1882
1596 H. Clapham Briefe of Bible ii. 147 This notably overthwarteth rash heades, who by vertue of their generall calling, will at any time aggresse any particular.
1597 H. Clapham Theol. Axioms sig. Gi/2 I therfore called for pen, ynck, and paper: and hauing invoked the hiest, I (as a soldjer cut downe to the knees in the feilde) did presently aggresse our english Anabaptistes Fury.
1663 J. Heath Chron. Late Intestine War 170 The King therefore aggresseth them another way, and offers a personal Treaty ten days after.
1665 G. Harvey Disc. Plague 5 Much more such subtil Arsenical fumes, that aggress the Body from all parts.
1723 Onania examined Pref. sig. A2v He shall find me ready to Aggress him when he pleases.
1784 E. Drewe Mil. Sketches 31 This revenge may be allowable, supposing you had never aggressed him.
1882 Sat. Rev. 25 Feb. 225 Roaring lions to be going about seeking whom they may aggress (the verb, though little used, is strictly in accordance with analogy).
1915 H. Stephens S. Amer. Trav. viii. 208 Peaceful when left alone, but bad customers when aggressed.
2008 R. Beard Becoming Drusilla (2009) viii. 186 We're no more likely to be aggressed here than anyone else.
b. intransitive. To make an attack; to commit the first act of violence, to provoke conflict. With against, on, upon.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (intransitive)]
to lay ona1225
assailc1325
sailc1330
assemblea1375
to fall inc1384
to fall ona1387
givec1430
brunt1440
to set (all) on sevenc1440
to ding on1487
to fall down1534
offend1540
to go on1553
to give on?1611
to let fly1611
strikea1616
insult1638
to set on1670
aggress1708
to carry the war into the enemy's camp1791
hop over1929
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make attack [verb (intransitive)] > first
aggress1708
the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > libido > want of confidence > [verb (intransitive)] > act aggressively
aggress1968
1708 E. Arwaker Truth in Fiction iii. xvii. 218 The Man's Son, thro' Wantonness, aggress'd, And with a rude Assault provok'd the Beast.
1796 E. Irwin Triumph Innocence 12 No British warrior swell'd the hostile crowd, Till France aggress'd, and conquest was avow'd.
1837 J. Harris Great Teacher 290 The only domains on which his empire aggresses.
1851 H. Spencer Social Statics xxi. §8 The moral law says—Do not aggress.
1863 Jrnl. Amer. Temperance Union Apr. 50/2 They..aggress against the man who takes a dead person from his grave.
1873 Contemp. Rev. 21 640 He is thus aggressed upon by his fellows more seriously than by Acts of Parliament.
1968 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 114 821/2 It is argued that when the overcontrolled type [of assaultive offender] does aggress, he is more likely to indulge in extreme violence (i.e. of homicidal proportions).
2009 Whole Dog Jrnl. May 7/2 A confident dog doesn't feel the need to aggress.
3. intransitive. In extended use (esp. in Psychology): to show hostile or destructive behaviour against or to. Cf. aggression n. 4.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > be hostile [verb (intransitive)] > show hostility
to show one's teeth1615
aggress1951
1951 Guide for Resource-use Educ. Workshops (Amer. Council on Educ.) iii. 24 Aggresses against the group—deflates others; disapproves of group's values or activities; tramples on others' feelings or contributions.
1972 Jrnl. Social Psychol. 87 94 Subjects who were aggressed against 90% of the time reciprocated less harm than they received.
1973 Guardian 31 Jan. 14/1 To show affection to a child who is self-destructive is to aggress to him.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 14 Aug. 12/2 The ultimate negative situation occurs when a parent walks out without telling the child... He feels abandoned, aggressed against, hated.
2009 T. Levin in E. Goffman & D. Morris N.Y. Public Intellectuals 245 In both Walker and Jelinek the female body is aggressed against, the agent either outside or within as part of an internal struggle with the norms of dominant society.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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