gree
1[gree]
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noun Chiefly Scot.
superiority, mastery, or victory.
the prize for victory.
Obsolete. a step.
Origin of gree
1gree
2[gree]
noun Archaic.
Origin of gree
21250–1300; Middle English gre < Old French gre (French gré) < Latin grātum what is agreeable
gree
3[gree]
verb (used with or without object), greed, gree·ing. British Dialect.
Origin of gree
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Historical Examples of grees
Three times they were halted before they reached a point on the Boston side just above Grees shipyard.
The Young Continentals at Bunker HillJohn T. McIntyre
Welt the bulk 'grees with the sample; I knows where to find eightscore and nine to match this here.
Hard CashCharles Reade
Dey tell us what dey gwine do iffen we don't all go back to us massas and us all 'grees and den dey all dis'pear.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves.Work Projects Administration
After there, C inserts 38 grees, at is; and omits the words of the pole, 51 degrees and 50 minutes.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)Geoffrey Chaucer
But it 'grees with him, he don't get so very thin; most others would be worn to skin and bone afore this.
It May Be True Volume 1 of 3Mrs. Wood
gree
1noun Scot archaic
Word Origin for gree
C14: from Old French gré, from Latin gradus step
gree
2noun obsolete
Word Origin for gree
C14: from Old French gré, from Latin grātum what is pleasing; see grateful
gree
3verb grees, greeing or greed
Word Origin for gree
C14: variant of agree
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