gree
1 Americannoun
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superiority, mastery, or victory.
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the prize for victory.
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Obsolete. a step.
noun
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favor; goodwill.
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satisfaction, as for an injury.
verb (used with or without object)
noun
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superiority or victory
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the prize for a victory
noun
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goodwill; favour
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satisfaction for an insult or injury
verb
Etymology
Origin of gree1
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English gre “step, flight of steps; victory in a tournament or battle; rank, position,” from Old French gré “a step,” from Latin gradus “step, stage, footing, stance”; cf. grade, degree
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”
Origin of gree3
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English green “to satisfy, come to terms with,” possibly a shortened form of agreen “to agree,” or from Old French gréer “to please, be pleased with”; cf. agree, gree 2
Example Sentences
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Recently Mr. Murphy accepted an honorary de gree from L. S. U. Louisiana's second Governor Long on his first day in office put flowers on the grave of Brother Huey.
From Time Magazine Archive
Why this hoary U. S. sport has been snubbed by undergraduates and alumni, no two college men gree.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most of the rest were, in some de gree, what psychiatrists call psychopaths or sociopaths � individuals whose consciences are either lacking or inert, and who choose to do what they want when they want.
From Time Magazine Archive
Resenting a Harvard professor's literary criticisms, Hubbard ever after blasted colleges: "A college de gree does not lessen the length of your ears; it only conceals it."
From Time Magazine Archive
Na, na, they dinna gree well wi' the moss-broo ava—thae sort wi' the narrow nebs and single soles.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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