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AggressingAggress 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.]
To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a
quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on. Aggression
Aggression Ag*gres"sion, n. [L. aggressio, fr. aggredi: cf. F.
agression.]
The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of
injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy;
unprovoked attack; assault; as, a war of aggression.
``Aggressions of power.' --Hallam
Syn: Attack; offense; intrusion; provocation.
AggressiveAggressive Ag*gres"sive, a. [Cf. F. agressif.]
Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression;
making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive
policy, war, person, nation. -- Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. --
Ag*gres"sive*ness, n.
No aggressive movement was made. --Macaulay. AggressivelyAggressive Ag*gres"sive, a. [Cf. F. agressif.]
Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression;
making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive
policy, war, person, nation. -- Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. --
Ag*gres"sive*ness, n.
No aggressive movement was made. --Macaulay. AggressivenessAggressive Ag*gres"sive, a. [Cf. F. agressif.]
Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression;
making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive
policy, war, person, nation. -- Ag*gres"sive*ly, adv. --
Ag*gres"sive*ness, n.
No aggressive movement was made. --Macaulay. Arithmetical progressionProgression Pro*gres"sion, n. [L. progressio: cf. F.
progression.]
1. The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course;
motion onward.
2. Course; passage; lapse or process of time.
I hope, in a short progression, you will be wholly
immerged in the delices and joys of religion.
--Evelyn.
3. (Math.) Regular or proportional advance in increase or
decrease of numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical,
geometrical, or harmonic.
4. (Mus.) A regular succession of tones or chords; the
movement of the parts in harmony; the order of the
modulations in a piece from key to key.
Arithmetical progression, a progression in which the terms
increase or decrease by equal differences, as the numbers
[lbrace2]2, 4, 6, 8, 1010, 8, 6, 4, 2[rbrace2] by the
difference 2.
Geometrical progression, a progression in which the terms
increase or decrease by equal ratios, as the numbers
[lbrace2]2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 6464, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2[rbrace2]
by a continual multiplication or division by 2.
Harmonic progression, a progression in which the terms are
the reciprocals of quantities in arithmetical progression,
as 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10. Congression
Congression Con*gres"sion (? or ?), n. [L. congressio.]
A coming or bringing together, as in a public meeting, in a
dispute, in the act of comparing, or in sexual intercourse.
[R.] --Jer. Taylor.
CongressionalCongressional Con*gres"sion*al, a.
Of or pertaining to a congress, especially, to the Congress
of the United States; as, congressional debates.
Congressional and official labor. --E. Everett.
Congressional District, one of the divisions into which a
State is periodically divided (according to population),
each of which is entitled to elect a Representative to the
Congress of the United States. Congressional districtDistrict Dis"trict, n. [LL. districtus district, fr. L.
districtus, p. p. of distringere: cf. F. district. See
Distrain.]
1. (Feudal Law) The territory within which the lord has the
power of coercing and punishing.
2. A division of territory; a defined portion of a state,
town, or city, etc., made for administrative, electoral,
or other purposes; as, a congressional district, judicial
district, land district, school district, etc.
To exercise exclusive legislation . . . over such
district not exceeding ten miles square. --The
Constitution
of the United
States.
3. Any portion of territory of undefined extent; a region; a
country; a tract.
These districts which between the tropics lie.
--Blackstone.
Congressional district. See under Congressional.
District attorney, the prosecuting officer of a district or
district court.
District court, a subordinate municipal, state, or United
States tribunal, having jurisdiction in certain cases
within a judicial district.
District judge, one who presides over a district court.
District school, a public school for the children within a
school district. [U.S.]
Syn: Division; circuit; quarter; province; tract; region;
country. Congressional DistrictCongressional Con*gres"sion*al, a.
Of or pertaining to a congress, especially, to the Congress
of the United States; as, congressional debates.
Congressional and official labor. --E. Everett.
Congressional District, one of the divisions into which a
State is periodically divided (according to population),
each of which is entitled to elect a Representative to the
Congress of the United States. Congressive
Congressive Con*gres"sive, a.
Encountering, or coming together. --Sir T. Browne.
DigressingDigress Di*gress", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Digressed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Digressing.] [L. digressus, p. p. of digredi to go
apart, to deviate; di- = dis- + gradi to step, walk. See
Grade.]
1. To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially,
to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or
course of argument, in writing or speaking.
Moreover she beginneth to digress in latitude.
--Holland.
In the pursuit of an argument there is hardly room
to digress into a particular definition as often as
a man varies the signification of any term. --Locke.
2. To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to
offend. [R.]
Thy abundant goodness shall excuse This deadly blot
on thy digressing son. --Shak. Digression
Digression Di*gres"sion, n. [L. digressio: cf. F. digression.]
1. The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main
subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse
deviating from its main design or subject.
The digressions I can not excuse otherwise, than by
the confidence that no man will read them. --Sir W.
Temple.
2. A turning aside from the right path; transgression;
offense. [R.]
Then my digression is so vile, so base, That it will
live engraven in my face. --Shak.
3. (Anat.) The elongation, or angular distance from the sun;
-- said chiefly of the inferior planets. [R.]
Digressional
Digressional Di*gres"sion*al, a.
Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression;
departing from the main purpose or subject. --T. Warton.
Digressive
Digressive Di*gress"ive, a. [Cf. F. digressif.]
Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of
digression. --Johnson.
Digressively
Digressively Di*gress"ive*ly, adv.
By way of digression.
Egression
Egression E*gres"sion, n. [L. egressio.]
The act of going; egress. [R.] --B. Jonson.
Geometrical progressionProgression Pro*gres"sion, n. [L. progressio: cf. F.
progression.]
1. The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course;
motion onward.
2. Course; passage; lapse or process of time.
I hope, in a short progression, you will be wholly
immerged in the delices and joys of religion.
--Evelyn.
3. (Math.) Regular or proportional advance in increase or
decrease of numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical,
geometrical, or harmonic.
4. (Mus.) A regular succession of tones or chords; the
movement of the parts in harmony; the order of the
modulations in a piece from key to key.
Arithmetical progression, a progression in which the terms
increase or decrease by equal differences, as the numbers
[lbrace2]2, 4, 6, 8, 1010, 8, 6, 4, 2[rbrace2] by the
difference 2.
Geometrical progression, a progression in which the terms
increase or decrease by equal ratios, as the numbers
[lbrace2]2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 6464, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2[rbrace2]
by a continual multiplication or division by 2.
Harmonic progression, a progression in which the terms are
the reciprocals of quantities in arithmetical progression,
as 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10. Harmonic progressionProgression Pro*gres"sion, n. [L. progressio: cf. F.
progression.]
1. The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course;
motion onward.
2. Course; passage; lapse or process of time.
I hope, in a short progression, you will be wholly
immerged in the delices and joys of religion.
--Evelyn.
3. (Math.) Regular or proportional advance in increase or
decrease of numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical,
geometrical, or harmonic.
4. (Mus.) A regular succession of tones or chords; the
movement of the parts in harmony; the order of the
modulations in a piece from key to key.
Arithmetical progression, a progression in which the terms
increase or decrease by equal differences, as the numbers
[lbrace2]2, 4, 6, 8, 1010, 8, 6, 4, 2[rbrace2] by the
difference 2.
Geometrical progression, a progression in which the terms
increase or decrease by equal ratios, as the numbers
[lbrace2]2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 6464, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2[rbrace2]
by a continual multiplication or division by 2.
Harmonic progression, a progression in which the terms are
the reciprocals of quantities in arithmetical progression,
as 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10. ImprogressiveImprogressive Im`pro*gress"ive, a.
Not progressive. --De Quincey. -- Im"pro*gress"ive*ly, adv. ImprogressivelyImprogressive Im`pro*gress"ive, a.
Not progressive. --De Quincey. -- Im"pro*gress"ive*ly, adv. Ingression
Ingression In*gres"sion, n. [L. ingressio: cf. F. ingression.]
Act of entering; entrance. --Sir K. Digby.
IntransgressibleIntransgressible In`trans*gress"i*ble, a. [L. intragressibilis
that can not be crossed. See In- not, and Transgress.]
Incapable of being transgressed; not to be passes over or
crossed. --Holland. Introgression
Introgression In`tro*gres"sion, n. [L. introgressus, p. p. of
introgredi to go in; intro- within + gradi to step, go.]
The act of going in; entrance. --Blount.
ProgressingProgress Pro*gress" (?; formerly pronounced like Progress,
n.), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Progressed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Progressing.]
1. To make progress; to move forward in space; to continue
onward in course; to proceed; to advance; to go on; as,
railroads are progressing. ``As his recovery progressed.'
--Thackeray.
Let me wipe off this honorable dew, That silverly
doth progress on thy checks. --Shak.
They progress in that style in proportion as their
pieces are treated with contempt. --Washington.
The war had progressed for some time. --Marshall.
2. To make improvement; to advance. --Bayard.
If man progresses, art must progress too. --Caird. ProgressionProgression Pro*gres"sion, n. [L. progressio: cf. F.
progression.]
1. The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course;
motion onward.
2. Course; passage; lapse or process of time.
I hope, in a short progression, you will be wholly
immerged in the delices and joys of religion.
--Evelyn.
3. (Math.) Regular or proportional advance in increase or
decrease of numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical,
geometrical, or harmonic.
4. (Mus.) A regular succession of tones or chords; the
movement of the parts in harmony; the order of the
modulations in a piece from key to key.
Arithmetical progression, a progression in which the terms
increase or decrease by equal differences, as the numbers
[lbrace2]2, 4, 6, 8, 1010, 8, 6, 4, 2[rbrace2] by the
difference 2.
Geometrical progression, a progression in which the terms
increase or decrease by equal ratios, as the numbers
[lbrace2]2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 6464, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2[rbrace2]
by a continual multiplication or division by 2.
Harmonic progression, a progression in which the terms are
the reciprocals of quantities in arithmetical progression,
as 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10. Progressional
Progressional Pro*gres"sion*al, a.
Of or pertaining to progression; tending to, or capable of,
progress.
ProgressionistProgressionist Pro*gres"sion*ist, n.
1. One who holds to a belief in the progression of society
toward perfection.
2. One who maintains the doctrine of progression in organic
forms; -- opposed to uniformitarian. --H. Spencer. Progressist
Progressist Prog"ress*ist, n.
One who makes, or holds to, progress; a progressionist.
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