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gree
1[ gree ]
noun
, Chiefly Scots.
- superiority, mastery, or victory.
- the prize for victory.
- Obsolete. a step.
gree
2[ gree ]
noun
, Archaic.
- favor; goodwill.
- satisfaction, as for an injury.
gree
3[ gree ]
verb (used with or without object)
, British Dialect.
, greed, gree·ing.
gree
1/ ɡriː /
noun
- superiority or victory
- the prize for a victory
gree
2/ ɡriː /
noun
- goodwill; favour
- satisfaction for an insult or injury
gree
3/ ɡriː /
verb
- archaic.to come or cause to come to agreement or harmony
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gree1
Origin of gree2
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English gre, from Old French gre, gred, gret “pleasure, goodwill,” from Latin grātum “what is agreeable,” the neuter singular of grātus “pleasing”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gree1
C14: from Old French gré, from Latin gradus step
Origin of gree2
C14: from Old French gré, from Latin grātum what is pleasing; see grateful
Origin of gree3
C14: variant of agree
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Example Sentences
The tricks o' knaves, or fash o' fools,Thou bear'st the gree!
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You may've noticed 't I'm jush trifle—er, well, some people ud shay zhrunk, Toffski—rude 'n' dish'gree'ble people dshay zhrunk.
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And they arena that bad at girdles for carcakes neither, though the Cu'ross hammermen have the gree for that.
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I never thought that things good to eat could be so dis'gree'ble.
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The gree was born awa frae them by a perfect stranger, kenned neither to them nor to me.
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