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[See the verb.] An act of aggre ion. "Leagues offensive and defensive, which oblige the princes not only to mutual defence, but also to be a isting to each other in their military aggre es upon others "-Hale: Pleas of the Crown , ch. 15. *ag-grés-sing, pr. par. & a. [AGGRESS.] "The glorious pair advance, With mingled anger and collected might, To turn the war, and tell aggre ing France, How Britain's sons and Britain's friends can fight." Prior . ag-grěs'-sion, s. [Fr. agre ion; from Lat. aggre io.] The first act or step leading to a quarrel or a fight; attack before the other party to a quarrel has made any a ault. to make a public protest against the French aggre ion."-Froude: Hist. Eng., ch. xii. ag-grěs'-sive, a. [In Fr. agre if .] In- volving an act of aggre ion; implying the commencement of a quarrel or a fight. contributed greatly to reconcile its military and aggre ive character with the maintenance of its free institutions."- Lewis : Early Rom. Hist ., ch. xii., pt. 1., § 14. "No aggre ive movement was made."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng . , ch. xxii. IMG:content-0273.png:[blocks in formation]