Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Superiority; mastery.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A step; a stair.
- noun A step or degree in a series; a degree in order or rank; degree; order of precedence or merit.
- noun Pleasure; satisfaction: especially in the phrases to take, receive, or accept in gree (that is, to take, receive, or accept kindly or with favor).
- To agree; consent.
- To live in amity.
- To reconcile (parties at variance).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A step.
- intransitive verb obsolete To agree.
- noun obsolete Good will; favor; pleasure; satisfaction; -- used esp. in such phrases as: to take in
gree ; to accept ingree ; that is, to take favorably. - noun Obs. or Scot. Rank; degree; position.
- noun Obs. or Scot. The prize; the honor of the day.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic
Pleasure ,goodwill ,satisfaction . - noun obsolete One of a flight of
steps . - noun obsolete A
stage in a process; adegree of rank or station. - noun
Pre-eminence ; victory or superiority incombat (hence also, the prize for winning a combat). - noun geometry, obsolete A
degree .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Would owners of so called gree energy and goofy fake "carbon credit" companies be helping push a global warming agenda?
Global Warming 2009
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"I never thought that things good to eat could be so dis'gree'ble."
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Day in en day out dey wuk wid dis puzzlement; let 'lone dat, dey sot up nights; en bimeby dey 'gree' mungs deyse'f dat dey better make up wid
Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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Brer Rabbit say he willin 'fer ter lef' de whole case wid Brer Tarrypin, en Brer Wolf say he 'gree'ble.
Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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Day in en day out dey wuk wid dis puzzlement; let 'lone dat, dey sot up nights; en bimeby dey 'gree' mungs deyse'f dat dey better make up wid
Nights With Uncle Remus Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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Brer Rabbit say he willin 'fer ter lef' de whole case wid Brer Tarrypin, en Brer Wolf say he 'gree'ble.
Nights With Uncle Remus Joel Chandler Harris 1878
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"You _dis'gree'ble_ thing!" shrieked Kathie, looking at her and feeling dreadfully, her eyebrows knotting up like two little squirming snakes.
Lill's Travels in Santa Claus Land And Other Stories Sophie May Farman 1872
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It don't print stories with piruts and honist young men into 'em, making the piruts splendid fellers and the honist young men dis'gree'ble idiots — so that our darters very nat'rally prefer the piruts to the honist young idiots; but it gives us good square American literatoor.
Artemus Ward 1865
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The following from "The Ship of Fools," indicate at once the clime to which they are native, "gree,"
The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 Sebastian Brant 1489
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{71e} The French word "gree," for agreement or composition, is familiar among our early poets and writers, and occurs in the old statutes.
reesetee commented on the word gree
To "bear the gree" means to be assured of decisive victory.
February 9, 2008
fbharjo commented on the word gree
are you in greement
April 17, 2009