dree

American  

[dree] / dri /

Also dreegh

adjective

1. tedious; dreary.

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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

Etymology

Origin of dree

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

Example Sentences

One thing of George Ridler I must commend, And that wur vur a notable theng; He meud his braags avoore he died, Wi' ony dree brothers his zons should zeng.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 104, October 25, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

I minds when thaay wur made of dree sarts of wood, a main bit more crooked than this yer stick, and sart o’ carved a bit; doant ’ee see?

From Greene Ferne Farm by Jefferies, Richard

Why, baint his arms dree goolden horses’ heads, and idden his lady the daughter of Master Richard Phelipson of Montislope, in Nether Wessex, known to us all?”

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 by Various

"Und dey agreet dat dey might sell you de farm, when dem dree lifes wast up?"

From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore

Life is hard enough on women without adding the penalty of great riches to the weird they have to dree.

From A Word to Women by Humphry, Mrs. C. E.