GREE

Etymology 1

Noun

gree (plural grees)

(obsolete) One of a flight of steps.

(obsolete) A stage in a process; a degree of rank or station.

(now Scotland) Pre-eminence; victory or superiority in combat (hence also, the prize for winning a combat).

(geometry, obsolete) A degree.

Etymology 2

Noun

gree (plural grees)

(now Scotland) Pre-eminence; victory or superiority in combat (hence also, the prize for winning a combat).

Etymology 3

Noun

gree (plural grees)

(archaic) Pleasure, goodwill, satisfaction.

Etymology 4

Verb

gree (third-person singular simple present grees, present participle greeing, simple past and past participle greed)

(obsolete) To agree.

Anagrams

• Eger, Geer, Gere, eger, egre, geer

Source: Wiktionary


Gree, n. Etym: [F. gré. See Grateful, and cf. Agree.]

1. Good will; favor; pleasure; satisfaction; -- used esp. in such phrases as: to take in gree; to accept in gree; that is, to take favorably. [Obs.] Chaucer. Accept in gree, my lord, the words I spoke. Fairfax.

2. Rank; degree; position. [Obs. or Scot.] Chaucer. He is a shepherd great in gree. Spnser.

3. The prize; the honor of the day; as, to bear the gree, i. e., to carry off the prize. [Obs. or Scot.] Chaucer.

Gree, v. i. Etym: [From Agree.]

Definition: To agree. [Obs.] Fuller.

Gree, n.; pl. Grees (grez); obs. plurals Greece (gres) Grice (grs or grs), Grise, Grize (grz or grz), etc. Etym: [OF. gré, F. grade. See Grade.]

Definition: A step.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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