| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| aggress (v.) |
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| has been around since the eighteenth century, although it may be an independently re-created word, this time as a back-formation from aggression, meaning “to perform the first act of aggression” as in The rebels aggressed [upon] the helpless villagers. At any rate, whether in politics, geopolitics, zoology, or psychology, it seems to be a Standard but very low frequency word. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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