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dree

American  
[dree] / dri /
Also dreegh

adjective

  1. tedious; dreary.

verb (used with object)

dreed, dreeing

  1. to suffer; endure.

dree British  
/ driː /

verb

  1. (tr) to endure

  2. to endure one's fate

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adjective

  1. another word for dreich

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Etymology

Origin of dree

before 1000; Middle English; Old English drēogan to endure; cognate with Gothic driugan to serve (in arms)

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