单词 | aggress |
释义 | aggressn. Now rare. 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.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). < n.1475v.?1570 |
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