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▪ I. gree, n.1 Obs. exc. Sc.|griː|
Forms: sing. 4–6 gre, 4–9 gree, (6 graie), 6–7, 9 grie. pl. 4–6 greis, 5 grece, 4–7 grees, (5 greez, 6 gries); cf. grece.
[a. OF. gré (pl. greis, greyz: see grece) = It., Sp. grado, Pg. grao:—L. gradum step. Cf. degree, grade.]
†1. A step in an ascent or descent; one of a flight of steps; = degree 1. In quots. 1303 and 1382, a flight of steps. Obs.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 1562 She was beryyde, as fyl to be, Be syde an auter before þe gre. 1382Wyclif Neh. viii. 4 Esdras scribe stod vpon a treene gree [1388 the grees of tree], the whiche he hadde maad to speken in [ 1388theron]. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) viii. 31 By syde þe hie awter er iiii greez to gang vp at to þe toumbe of alabastre. c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 463 Thre grees or iiij is up thereto to go. 1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 59 She stey up from gre to gree. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 73/2 A trone of yuorye..whiche had vi grees or stappes. 1555–8T. Phaer æneid i. B ij b, The brasen grees afore the dores dyd mount. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. ii. 25 One onely ascent by which hardly one by one can passe up, and that with a labour by grees or steps. 1693J. Wallace Orkney 44 Bishop Stewart enlarged it [the Cathedral Church] to the East, all above the Grees.
†b. canticle or song of grees: ‘Song of Degrees’, ‘Gradual Psalm’ (see gradual a. 5). Obs.
1382Wyclif Ps. cxix. [cxx.] heading, The song of grees [1388 greces]. a1420Wyclif's Bible, Ps. 2nd Prol., The canticlis of grees ben in noumbre of fiftene. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 273 b/2 Thou gauest to me syngyng the cantycle of grees sharpe arowes and cooles wastyng.
†2. fig. A step or stage in a process, etc., esp. one in an ascending or descending scale; = degree 2. Obs.
a1340Hampole Psalter cxix. 1 He herd me, settand me in greis of steghynge. c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. II. 269 Þe grees of cunnynge and joie here must nedis passe. c1420Pallad. on Husb. iv. 471 Ther humour is ek erth and ayer wel warme, That fruyt to fruyt fro gre to gre succedith. c1470Henryson Mor. Fab. v. (Parl. Beasts) ii, It followis weill be ressoun naturall, And gre be gre, of richt comparisoun: Of euill cumis war, of war cumis werst of all. 1513Douglas æneis vi. Prol. 97 As he tuichis greis seir in pane, In blis, elykwys sindry stagis puttis he. 1589R. Bruce Serm. (1843) 32 The first gree of preparation stands in contrition.
†3. A ‘step’ in direct line of descent; a degree of relationship; = degree 3. greis defendant (Sc.): forbidden degrees. Obs.
c1315Shoreham 69 The sibbe mowe to-gadere nauȝt The foerthe grees wythinne. c1340Cursor M. 1464 (Fairf.) Iareth þat was þe .v. gree [Cott. kne] fra Seth. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 409 Nigh kyn þey wil bee Þey he passe an hondred gree. c1425Wyntoun Cron. ix. xxvii. 56 He and he Wes evynlike in toþir Gre. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 112 He him self wes narrest to thair croun, Fra Dioneth the fourt grie cuming doun. 1571Satir. Poems Reform. xxvii. 100 Kin of Kingis discendit grie be gre. 1617in Pitcairn Crim. Trials Scot. III. 424 He was within greis-defendant with the Hous of Bass.
†4. A stage or position in the scale of dignity or rank; relative social or official rank, grade, order, estate, or station; = degree 4. In quot. 1450, a rank or class of persons. Obs.
13..S.E. Legendary (MS. Bodl. 779) in Archiv. Stud. neu. Spr. LXXXII. 402/46 He ordeyned þat ech man þat prest wolde be scholde vndirfong þe ordres fro gre to gre—wit-oute lope & defaute þat þey I-taken were. 1382Wyclif Gen. xl. 13 Pharao..schal restore thee to the bifore had gree. c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 1313 Dido, She..profreth him to be His thral, his servant in the leste gree. c1440Promp. Parv. 208/2 Gre, or worthynesse, gradus. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 4901 Þai spared na elde na gre. c1450Holland Howlat 407 All gretest of gre. 1493Festivall (W. de W. 1515) 7 To understande all the grees Of y⊇ worlde. 1520Caxton's Chron. Eng. iv. 38/2 He ordeyned that he that was worthy sholde ascende gree by gree to his ordre, fyrst benet, than colet, subdecon, deacon, and than preest. a1555Lyndesay Tragedie 47 Gre by gre, vpwarte I did ascende; Swa that in to this realme did neuer ryng So gret one man as I, vnder ane kyng. 1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. July 215 He is a shepheard great in gree. 1590Greene Orl. Fur. (1599) 50 Proude that thou art, I recke not of thy gree.
5. Pre-eminence; superiority; mastery; victory in battle; hence, the prize for a victory. to bear, get, have, take, win the gree. Now Sc.
1320–30Horn Ch. 319 That day Horn the turnament wan..He toke the gre, that was a swan. 13..Sir Beues (E.) 3769 + 4 A turnement sche haþ don crye..for to see, What knyȝt ys to han þe gree. c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1875 Duk Theseus leet crye, To stynten alle rancour and enuye, The gree as wel of o syde as of oother. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xxi. 103 The gree ȝut hath he geten for alle hus grete wondes. c1450Holland Howlat 448 To James lord Dowglas thow the gre gaif, To ga with the kingis hart. 1470–80Malory Arthur vi. vii, The gree was gyuen to kynge Bagdemagus. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. cviii. 90 In this bataylle..the gree of the felde [was] left with the danoys. 1513Douglas æneis v. ii. 52 Quha best on fute can ryn lat se, To preif his pith, to wersill, and beir the gre. a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. xix. ix. (1899) I. 198 Prayand to god that he micht haue that graie and victorie of him quha was his enemye. a1605in Montgomerie's Poems (1887) 274 The Muses wald have gevin the grie To her, as to the Aperse. 1686G. Stuart Joco-ser. Disc. 22 Of aw the pipers I did see, This piper Tony wan the 'gree. 1795Burns For a' that and a' that v, That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxix, The Cu'ross hammermen have the gree for that. 1837R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 91 Whether be it wark or play, The gree was wi' our auld gudeman. 1858M. Porteous Souter Johnny 29 Ower them a' for classic style It bears the gree.
†6. A degree, step, or grade in intensity or amount; = degree 6. Obs.
c1386Chaucer Merch. T. 131 Ther nys no thyng in gree superlatyf, As seith Senek, aboue an humble wyf. c1400Rom. Rose 5743 They nil, in no maner gree, Do right nought for charitee. 1460–70Bk. Quintessence ii. (1866) 22 Þerfore þe feuere agu is þe posityue degree, and in þe superlatyue degree, comparatif gree and superlatif gree. 1552Lyndesay Monarche 6053 That Lantern of the Heuin Sall gyf more lycht, be greis sewin, Nor it gaue sen the warld began. 1563Winȝet Four Score Thre Quest. Wks. 1888 I. 68 We ar in mony greis of luue naturalie coniunit. ― Wks. (1890) II. 57 In al greis of aigis and tymes.
†7. In mediæval physics: = degree 6 c. Obs.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvi. vii. (1495) 556 Quycke syluer as Plato sayth is hote and moyst in the fourth degre though some men deame that it is cold in the same gree. c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 86 In considerynge þe complexioun of al þe body..& þe gre of þe medicyn. 1547Boorde Brev. Health clv. 56 This fleume which is swete, gree for gree is hote and moyst lyke the ayer.
†8. An academical degree; = degree 7 a. Obs.
c1449Pecock Repr. i. xvi. 90 Y wolde grees of scolis to be take. 1494Fabyan Chron. 3 By hym that neuer yet any ordre toke, Or gre of Scole, or sought for great cunnynge, This werk is gaderyd. 1508Dunbar Flyting w. Polwart 397, I sall degraid the, graceles, of thy greis.
†9. Geom. (Astron., Geog., etc.) The unit of the sexagesimal measurement of angles or circular arcs; = degree 9.
1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy Prol. (1513) A 1 b, The tyme of yere, shortly to conclude When .xx. grees was phebus altitude. 1423Jas. I. Kingis Q. xxi, Passit bot myd-day foure greis evin. 1426Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 140 The bulle..twenty grees Entred was the hed of the dragoun. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot., Descr. Alb. xiii, The last and out⁓maist Ile is namit Hirtha; quhare the eleuatioun of the pole is lxiii greis.
▪ II. gree, n.2 Now arch.|griː|
Also 4–6 gre.
[a. OF. gré, gred, gret (11th c. in Littré), mod.F. gré pleasure, goodwill, will (cf. maugre = mal gré) = Pr. grat-z, It., Sp., Pg. grado:—L. grātum, neut. subst. of grātus pleasing, grateful. The word was taken over into English chiefly in phrases (see the various senses).]
†1. Favour, goodwill. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 1656 (Gött.) Ȝe eyth [= eight], for ȝou treu leute, Alone i haue granted mi gre [Trin. graunted gre, Cott. mi sagh(t)]. c1400Sowdone Bab. 2850 And [read God] graunte him gree and grith. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. iii. 5 But for in court gay portaunce he perceiv'd And gallant shew to be in greatest gree.
b. in gree (also at, to gree: cf. agree adv., engree): with goodwill or favour, with kindly feeling or pleasure, kindly, in good part. Chiefly in phr. to take, accept, receive in gree. [F. prendre, recevoir, avoir en gré, servir à gré.]
a1366Chaucer Rom. Rose 42 God graunte in gree that she it take For whom that it begonnen is! c1374― Troylus ii. 480 (529) My lowe confessioun Accepte in gre. c1386― Clerk's T. 1095 Vs oghte Receyuen al in gree that god vs sent. c1415Lydg. Temp. Glas 1085 Boþe ȝe and I mekeli most abide To take agre [v.rr. at gre, in gre]. c1430― Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 22 My simple makyng for to take at gree. 1481Caxton Myrr. i. xiv. 47 That after his deth..god receyueth hym in gree. a1577Gascoigne De Profundis Wks. (1831) 203 And thou (good God) vouchsafe in gree to take This woefull plaint. 1597–8Bp. Hall Sat. iv. ii. 85 Soone as he can kisse his hand in gree, And with good grace bow it below the knee. 1600Fairfax Tasso x. x. 181 Accept in gree..the words I spoke. 1894F. S. Ellis Reynard Fox 230 A man should hold his friends in gre, And his foes hate but tardily.
c. with or in good (goodly) gree: with goodwill [F. de bon gré].
1542Udall Erasm. Apopth. 259 So y⊇ graciousnesse of this prince tooke in good gree the eiuill wille of bothe the saied parties against hym. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. v. 16 Which she accepts with thankes and goodly gree. 1609Holland Ammianus xxvii. 313 Having..wrought the souldiors to accept thereof in good gree and willingly. 1885Burton Arab. Nts. (1887) III. 349 Replied the smith, ‘With gladness and goodly gree’.
2. to do or make gree: to give satisfaction (for an injury). Also, to make one's gree to or with (a person): to do what will satisfy him; to give satisfaction to, come to terms or make one's peace with. Also, to make (a person's) gree.
c1290Childh. Jesus (Horstm.) 455 To his freont make þi gre Oþur þou worst i flem of þis contre. Ibid. 1430 To Josepe he maude is gre With guode wille. [1377Act 1 Rich. II c. 6 §1 Qe..le clerc..eit la prisone tange il avera fait gree a la partie.] 1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 621 Þat I, with lownesse & humylitee, To my curat go scholde, & make his gree. 1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton) i. xxxviii. (1859) 42 Thus shalt thou make thy gree with Iustyce, that Mercy and she be finally acorded. c1440Partonope 2149 He thenketh fast how that he To his Lord myght make his gre. c1492Gest of Robyn Hode cviii. in Child Ballads (1888) III. 61/2 Holde my londes in thy honde Tyll I haue made the gree! 1613Sir H. Finch Law (1636) 297 No Wardein of the Fleet shall suffer any prisoner in execution to goe out of prison..without making gree to the partie. 1697View Penal Laws 121 Then the Sheriff have the Hawk, making gree to him that did take him. 1764Burn Poor Laws 11 He shall be imprisoned till he justify himself, and make gree to the party.
†b. unto gree: with a view to satisfaction, as an indemnity. Obs. rare.
c1400Destr. Troy 11595 The grekes for hor greme vnto gre asken Gret sommes, forsothe, to hor sad harmes.
†3. (One's) good pleasure; will, desire; consent. by his gree (quot. 1483): of its own accord. of the gre: of (one's) own accord, voluntarily. out of gree: contrary to one's pleasure or desire; hence amiss. [F. à son gré, de (son) gré, contre son gré.] Obs.
13..E.E. Allit. P. C. 348 Lene me þy grace For to go at þi gre. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 272 Þe erle..did no maner wik, þe Kyng gaf him his gre. Ibid. 308 He wild not do þer gre, þat terme þat he sette. a1400Morte Arth. 2645 It es the gifte of Gode, the gree es hys awene. Ibid. 2748 Here are galyarde gomes that of the gre seruis. 1417E.E. Wills (1882) 27, I will þat myn executours do her gre. 1481Caxton Godfrey cxciii. 283 It was not knowen..whether it was taken from hym by constraynt or yf he delyuerd it with his gree and wyll. 1483― Gold. Leg. 196 b/1 The dore that was soo locked opened by his gree by hym self. 1513Douglas æneis ix. Prol. 80 Quhar ocht is bad, gais mys, or owt of gre. 1632Womens Rights 18 Whosoever..shall in his life time without gree of his lord, marry. [1666Pepys Diary 25 Nov., Against the gré..of my Lord Treasurer. 1692O. Walker History Illustr. i. vii. 119 Against the gré of the Senate.] a1734North Lives (1742) 9 History..(after the partial Gree of the late Authors) has been, to all good Purposes, silent of him.
▪ III. † gree, n.3 Obs. rare.
? Weeping, mourning.
1555Abp. Parker Ps. xxx. 70 Thou tournst from mee my wo and gree, to myrth in cherefull voyce. 1590Greene Mourn. Garm. (1616) 53 With hearts griefe and eyes greee [sic]. Eyes and heart both full of woes.
▪ IV. gree, v. Obs. exc. dial.
Also 5–6 gre, 6 Sc. grie.
[aphetized from agree v., or f. gree n.2 Cf., however, OF. gréer, which may be the direct source.]
= agree v., in various senses.
†1. trans. Of a person: To please, to satisfy. = agree 1 b. Obs.
1468Plumpton Corr. (Camden) 19, I stand in doubt whether Mr. Midleton & Mr. Ros greed you & Sir John Malivera thereof or no.
†2. To make (persons) pleased; to reconcile, conciliate (several persons, or one with another); also, to arrange or settle (a matter). Obs.
1570Satir. Poems Reform. xxi. 75 Now thay tak on hand to gre ȝow With all the tother syde. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. vi. 342 Edward king of Jngland..was chosen arbiter to grie this mater. Ibid. ix. 154 In hauie and sair seiknes he takis Jornay, of that mynd to grie thame. 17..Jacobite Relics (ed. Hogg 1819) I. 146 They're fallen out among themselves, Shame fa' the first that grees them!
†3. refl. and intr. (for refl.) To become well-disposed or favourable; to consent, accede. Obs.
c1440Generydes 1141, I gre me wele In your presence to travell day by day. 1490Caxton Eneydos vi. 29 They..accorded and greed to do all hir wyll. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. civ. 125 They within desyred respyte to gyue an answere, the which was agreed; and whan they had counsayled the parties greed. 1578Hunnis Hyvef. Hunnye Gen. xxxvi. 28 lf. 86 Shall not all their substance greatte And cattell that they have Be ours if we gree thereunto? 1591Harington Orl. Fur. v. xxxii, To trie the matter thus they greed both.
4. To come into accord or harmony; to come to terms with (a person), on, upon (a matter); to make an agreement.
c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. II. 144 Ȝif þis be herd of Pilat we shulen gree wiþ him, and make ȝou sikir. c1566Merie Tales in Skelton's Wks. (1843) I. Introd. 69 The miller..greed with the sexten of the churche to haue the key of the churche dore. 1574Mirr. Mag., Nennius x, Till with their creditours they gree. 1591Shakes. Two Gent. ii. iv. 183 All the means Plotted, and 'greed on for my happinesse. 1597Breton Scholler & Souldiour (1599) 30, I will either have it give it or gree upon it. 1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. ii. vi. 37 Then, to send Measures of Wheate to Rome; this greed vpon, To part with vnhackt edges. 1786Burns To G. Hamilton iii, My word of honour I hae gi'en,..To try to get the twa to gree. 1822Scott Nigel xxxi, All..consentiunt in eundem—gree on the same point. 1824S. E. Ferrier Inher. xvii, It's you that has made us cast out, and it's you that maun make us 'gree. 1878Cumbld. Gloss., 'Gree, agree. They're about 'greean for a horse.
5. To be in harmony in opinion, way of life, etc.; to be of the same mind; to be friends; also of things, to be in accord or harmonious.
1500–20Dunbar Poems liii. 5 The ane futt ȝeid ay onrycht, And to the tother wald not gree. 1523Skelton Garl. Laurel 275 Whos heuenly armony was so passynge sure, So truely proporsionyd, and so well did gree. 1532G. Hervet Xenophon's Househ. (1768) 23 Vtterynge our myndes one to an other, if we myght gree in one tale. c1540J. Redford Mor. Play Wit & Sci. (Shaks. Soc.) 39 We wyll gre better, or ye pas hence. 1594Marlowe & Nashe Dido iii. i, Weapons gree not witt my tender years. c1600Shakes. Sonn. cxiv, Mine eie well knowes what with his gust is greeing. 1620T. Peyton Glass Time 49 Neptune himselfe with foure great riuers greeing, To deck the bosome which gaue Adam being. 1768Ross Helenore 108 Like twa sisters, ye will live an' gree. a1774Fergusson Poems (1845) 5 As lang's there's pith into the barrel, We'll drink and gree. 1814Scott Wav. xxxvi, They're just neighbour-like..and nae wonder they gree sae weel.
Hence ˈgreeing ppl. a., concordant.
a1547Surrey æneid (Roxb. Club) 125 The people cried with sundry greeing shouts To bring the horse to Pallas temple blive. |