dree

American

[dree] / dri /

Also dreegh

adjective

tedious; dreary.

verb (used with object)

dreed, dreeing

to suffer; endure.

dree British

/ driː /

verb

(tr) to endure
to endure one's fate

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adjective

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)

Example Sentences

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Ride on, ride on, Lord William now,25 As fast as ye can dree!

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

"I wish I had drunk your water, sister,185 When that I did drink of your wine; Since for a carle's fair daughter, It aye gars me dree all this pine."

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

Haf been dere all der wege more 'an dree months.

From Nevermore by Bolderwood, Rolf

Let evil-doers dree the shame o' their deeds.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Leighton, Alexander

Tush, man!" said Willie Faa, the king of the tribe, "ye dree the death ye'll never die.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various

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