agreev.

Brit.

/əˈɡriː/, U.S.

/əˈɡri/

Forms: Middle English agry, Middle English–1600s aggre, Middle English–1600s aggree, Middle English–1600s agre, Middle English– agree, late Middle English angree, 1500s agrey, 1500s–1600s agrie; Scottish pre-1700 aggre, pre-1700 aggree, pre-1700 aggreit (past tense), pre-1700 aggrey, pre-1700 aggry, pre-1700 agre, pre-1700 agrey, pre-1700 agry, pre-1700 1700s aggrie, pre-1700 1700s agrie, pre-1700 1700s– agree.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French agreer.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman agrer, agrere, agrier, Anglo-Norman and Middle French agreer, aggreer (French agréer ) (of an object) to be pleasing (to someone) (c1160 in Old French), to consent, accede, approve (c1170 in both intransitive and transitive use), to accept, admit (something as true), to receive (someone) favourably, welcome (someone) (c1170), to satisfy (someone) (13th cent.), to be in agreement with (someone) (beginning of the 15th cent.), to accept or admit (an employee, officer, etc.) (1406 in Anglo-Norman), to settle (a dispute, debt, etc.) (1st half of the 15th cent. in Anglo-Norman) < a- a- prefix⁵ + gre gree n.²; compare Old French greer gree v. Compare also earlier gree n.² and later aggrate v., gree v.Compare post-classical Latin aggreare (frequently from 1384 in British sources; < French), Old Occitan agradar , Catalan agradar (14th cent.), Spanish agradar (13th cent.), Portuguese agradar (15th cent.), Italian aggradare (a1313; a1250 as agratare , beginning of the 13th cent. as agradare ; probably either from or after Occitan). In sense 1 originally construed with an indirect object: compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French agreer a to be pleasing to, to give satisfaction to, s'agreer a to agree to (both 13th cent.). With the form angree compare ancordyng in the same source and see note at according adv.; perhaps compare also a- prefix³ beside an- prefix¹.

†I. To please or be pleased.

a. transitive. Of a thing: to be to the liking of (someone), to suit, to please. Obsolete.

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the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > please or give pleasure to [verb (transitive)]

i-quemec893

ywortheOE

queemeOE

likeOE

paya1200

gamec1225

lustc1230

apaya1250

savoura1300

feastc1300

comfort1303

glew1303

pleasec1350

ticklec1386

feedc1400

agreea1413

agreec1425

emplessc1450

gree1468

applease1470

complaire1477

enjoy1485

warm1526

to claw the ears1549

content1552

pleasure1556

oblect?1567

relish1567

gratify1569

sweeta1575

promerit1582

tinkle1582

tastea1586

aggrate1590

gratulatea1592

greeta1592

grace1595

arride1600

complease1604

honey1604

agrade1611

oblectate1611

oblige1652

placentiate1694

flatter1695

to shine up to1882

fancy-

a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) i. l. 409 If harme agree me wher-to pleyne I þanne [It. S'a mal mio grado, il lamentar che vale]?

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 82 Yef the kynges profer myght not agre the lady, and..hir frendes.

b. transitive. Of a person: to please or satisfy (someone). Obsolete.

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the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > please or give pleasure to [verb (transitive)]

i-quemec893

ywortheOE

queemeOE

likeOE

paya1200

gamec1225

lustc1230

apaya1250

savoura1300

feastc1300

comfort1303

glew1303

pleasec1350

ticklec1386

feedc1400

agreea1413

agreec1425

emplessc1450

gree1468

applease1470

complaire1477

enjoy1485

warm1526

to claw the ears1549

content1552

pleasure1556

oblect?1567

relish1567

gratify1569

sweeta1575

promerit1582

tinkle1582

tastea1586

aggrate1590

gratulatea1592

greeta1592

grace1595

arride1600

complease1604

honey1604

agrade1611

oblectate1611

oblige1652

placentiate1694

flatter1695

to shine up to1882

fancy-

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 2631 Ȝif þer-with-al I myȝt ȝow agreen.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxxix. l. 402 Ȝow, sire, Agreen I wolde ful pleyn.

c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 30 (MED) Finding bothe horsmete and mannysmete to youre soudeours..without contenting or agreing hem.

a. transitive. To receive or take (something) in good part; to accept favourably. Cf. sense 15. Obsolete.

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the mind > emotion > pleasure > be pleased with [verb (transitive)]

belovec1275

likea1393

agreec1450

pleasea1522

belike1547

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > favour > win favour with [verb (transitive)] > favour

to let well ofc1330

favour1340

to take, accept, receive in greec1374

likea1393

smilec1400

to take agreea1425

agreec1450

to fawn on, upon1477

to bear good mind toa1516

to look upon ——c1515

to look on ——1540

vouchsafe1582

conceit1589

relish1594

to look to ——1611

impatronize1629

aspect1663

sympathize1828

to put one's money on1847

c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 179 What ye me geve y may it not denye But hit agre as for myn aventure.

1642 E. Waller Vindic. of King 1 Those who will not agree the Ceremonies.

b. intransitive. To be pleased with something, to accept something gracefully. Obsolete.

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the mind > emotion > pleasure > be pleased [verb (intransitive)]

pleasea1382

agree?a1500

like1780

?a1500 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 271 (MED) Be mercyfalle, agre, take parte..kepe you frome discencioune.

II. To accede, consent; to come to an agreement with another.

3. To accede to a proposal put forward by another person, typically after negotiation or consideration.

a. transitive. With infinitive or that clause: to consent to do something; to accede that something be done.Cf. sense 8b.

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the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > consent to [verb (transitive)]

thave835

baithea1350

consentc1386

accordc1400

agreea1413

sustainc1425

to fall to ——a1450

exalt1490

avow1530

to stand satisfactory to1576

teem1584

assent1637

to close with1654

fiat1831

to stand in1911

wear1925

a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 131 That..Ye wolde..thanne agreen that I may ben he..alwey to don yow my servise.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxxxi^v They agreed to puruey at theyr propre costs .v. C. men of Armys.

1597 R. Johnson 2nd Pt. Famous Hist. Seauen Champions xii. sig. U1^v The Magtion..presently agreed to performe her desires.

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 145 To make the summes which any person had agreed to pay,..to bee leuiable by course of Law.

1658–9 Capt. Baynes in T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 123 The Act of Union agrees, that they shall have thirty members.

1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. to Henry VII I. viii. 282 He agreed to pay the sum; and immediately gave sureties for it.

1779 Bill for Manufactory of Arms 30 Oct. in T. Jefferson Papers (1951) III. 137 The Governour and council..agree that the preceding articles shall be binding on them.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 119 He reluctantly agreed..that some indulgence should be granted to the Presbyterians.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §16. 104 He then agreed to make the trial.

1904 Polit. Sci. Q. 19 iv. 734 The packers agreed to re-employ the strikers.

1977 Los Angeles Times 24 Oct. ii. 2/6 She agreed she would review the situation.

2010 Observer 9 May (New Review section) 23/2 On Facebook..you can only become my ‘friend’ if I agree to become yours.

b. transitive. With clause as object: to concede, grant (that something is as stated, should be done, etc.); (now more usually) to accept by agreement. See sense 9c, with two or more persons as subject.

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the mind > language > statement > assent > [verb (transitive)]

cordc1380

to give handsa1425

to fall to ——a1450

agree1472

to go into ——1540

astipulate1548

subscribe1560

seal1579

suffragate1606

give1621

assent1637

homologate1644

to take up with1673

affirmative1775

chorus1836

yea-say1887

yes1915

the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [verb (intransitive)] > to an opinion

agree1472

leana1538

1472–3 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 1st Roll §44. m. 13 The lordes spirituelx and temporelx in this present parlement assembled..assent and agree, that it be ordeyned [etc.].

1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters i. ii. f. vi^v/1 I wold for my parte well agree theym for herysys.

1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. 86 Which grace..the Godds had not agreed to be due vnto her.

1659 W. Morrice in T. Burton Diary 18 Mar. (1828) IV. 190 I can never agree that to be law which is dissonant to reason.

1744 J. Harris Three Treat. i. 14 We have agreed it, replied he, to be necessary.

1795 Trial Thomas Hardy IV. 380 A man proposed to them, to subscribe to a book;..they agreed they would take extracts from it, that were worth publishing.

1828 Slavery in India 276 in Parl. Papers XXIV. 1 Mrs. Browne agreed I should be her table waiter, but..I have been put to the work of a groom.

1859 Law Times 29 Oct. 49/2 The wife to live..apart from her husband, which..he agreed she should be at liberty to do.

1946 Sc. Educ. Jrnl. 10 May 258/1 He agreed that they should attempt to ascertain the views of the teachers of Scotland.

1993 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 22 Dec. 10/2 She agreed the watch should eventually go to a museum.

2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Jan. (Business section) 3/4 The president..agrees that ‘social mobile’ retailing will be a major venue for sales and marketing.

c. intransitive. With to. To consent to a proposal, condition, etc.

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1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 46 They that at the firste requeste of their louers agree to them, ought to be ashamed.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 85 Will ye..agreen to the acorde and ordenaunce of these worthy lordes?

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. i. 42 All the Heithen agreed to the commaundement of kynge Antiochus.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. vii. 88 Poste..to France, Agree to any couenants.

1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. ii. 105 It was not possible to agree to a proposal so extraordinary and unexpected.

1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 321 Brigadiers Graham and O'Farrel..agreed to the reimbarking of the troops.

1800 Times 23 Dec. 2/1 The House received a Message..stating that their Lordships had agreed to the Poor Relief Bill.

1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xii. 193 Till he agreed to the hard conditions.

1907 Times 11 Oct. 16/5 After a long discussion, the manufacturers agreed to the minimum wage as existing in Bristol.

2010 Private Eye 28 May 20/3 The staff have voluntarily agreed to a compulsory 5 percent reduction in their salaries.

d. intransitive. Without construction: to concede to some proposal or suggestion; to assent to a course of action; to acquiesce in some arrangement.In quot. 1851 in figurative context.

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the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [verb (intransitive)]

consent?c1225

assent1297

vouchsafe13..

choosec1330

grant1340

to be consentedc1386

to be covined1393

apply1419

condescend1477

agreea1533

acconsent1560

acclaim1620

comply1672

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. N.v Thoughe fortune denie hym at one howre, yet at an other time, she agreeth.

c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 37 I send you now the habeas corpora..and you must desier the sheriffe to serve it, yf so be that ye agre not.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 60 My wife..made daily motions for our home returne: Vnwilling I agreed .

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 24 He thinking no harm agreed.

1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 257 This was so just an Offer, that nothing could be fairer; so he agreed.

1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows i. xvii. 46 Austrian Metternich Can fix no yoke unless the neck agree.

1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat iv. 58 Harris..thought that he and George had better do the rest; and I agreed and sat down.

1909 T. H. Thompson Ballads about Business 91 ‘Come along with me to Southland,’ said my old mate then to me... I agreed.

2010 New Yorker 25 Oct. 72/2 He had asked the President to appoint a Coordinated Response Commander..and the President had agreed.

†4. transitive (reflexive). To accede or consent to (also unto and without construction). Obsolete.

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the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > consent or comply [verb (reflexive)]

seema1300

consent1340

submita1387

endeigna1400

agree1421

greec1440

apply1482

condescend1489

1421 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1710) X. 162 (MED) If thay wol nat agre hem in no way unto the said Wages.

1447 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) i. 27 (MED) The whiche rule and commaundement the seid Maier and Comminalte fully aggreed ham..and were all redy to fulfille hit.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 84 (MED) The kynge hadde a-greed hym-self all to theire ordenaunce.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccvi. 461 Dame, I agre me well to your desyre.

1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xlv I agree me to the graunt made to you.

5. transitive (in passive). With it as subject. To be acceded or resolved by mutual opinion, negotiation, or consent. With clause complement or infinitive phrase.

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1430 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) IV. 36 It was agreed þat a prive seal be sent to þe Tresorer and Chamberleins to paie hym..a ml. li. a quarter.

?1469 Earl of Oxford in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 391 It is agreed..to deliuer the said Duchesse possession of the said seruice and palyng.

1552 J. Thomas in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1904) VI. 140 A Parle grew, in which it was agreed, that we the prisoners should be by them restored.

1654 Diary Corp. Reading (1896) VI. 535 It is agreed that one of the Chamberlens doe goe with her to viewe the roomths.

1702 R. Cocks Diary 27 Feb. in Parl. Diary (1996) 228 It was proposed to sell the reversion of the Crown lands..[and] it was agreed to bring in a bill not to alien them.

1793 H. Gwillim Bacon's New Abridgm. Law (ed. 5) V. 409 B refused to lend [money to A] for interest; but said that for rent or annuity he would; and so it was agreed.

1864 Museum 1 Oct. 272/2 It was agreed that the rector..should have £350 of salary.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 May 2/1 It is agreed to vote only for those names, and thus secure their return.

1920 Glasgow Herald 25 May 7 It is agreed that the meeting be conducted under English rules.

2008 Saving Cent. (Victorian Soc.) 23 It was agreed that part of the spire should be taken down.

†6. intransitive. With to (also unto). To accede to another's opinion. Obsolete.Cf. to agree with at sense 9.

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the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [verb (intransitive)] > to a person

agree1526

concede1626

defer1686

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts v. 40 To him agreed the other [ Rhem., consented].

1551 T. Cranmer Answer S. Gardiner 21 Cyril..agreed to Nestorius in the substaunce of the thing that was eaten.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 17 They were by no other meane brought to agree vnto him.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie A 199 To agree to one, or to be of his opinion.

a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1644) ii. iv. §v. 104 [He says] life, because it is the gift of God may not be profused, but when we have agreed to him, that it may not be..prodigally cast away, how [etc.].

a1643 W. Cartwright Lady-errant iii. i, in Comedies (1651) sig. c2 I must not agree t'you, to pass by What you have said.

III. Chiefly of two or more persons (as subject): to come to agreement, to settle something by agreement.

7. intransitive. To come to agreement or accord, make up one's differences; (also) to become friends with someone. Now rare.Sometimes with reference to Biblical usage (see quot. 1526).See also to kiss and agree at Phrases 1.

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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree/be in harmony/be congruous [verb (intransitive)]

accord1340

cord1340

concordc1374

agree1447

to stand togetherc1449

rhyme?a1475

commonc1475

gree?a1513

correspond1529

consent1540

cotton1567

pan1572

reciprocate1574

concur1576

meet1579

suit1589

sorta1592

condog1592

square1592

fit1594

congrue1600

sympathize1601

symbolize1605

to go even1607

coherea1616

congreea1616

hita1616

piece1622

to fall in1626

harmonize1629

consist1638

comply1645

shadow1648

quare1651

atonea1657

symphonize1661

syncretize1675

chime1690

jibe1813

consone1873

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > be friendly [verb (intransitive)] > become friendly

agree1447

fadge1592

to hit it1634

cotton1648

to draw up1723

to hit it off1780

society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > become at peace with each other [verb (intransitive)]

saughtel1154

saughtenc1275

peasec1300

saughta1400

reconcilec1425

agree1447

to make peace1535

to fall in1546

to piece up1653

to kiss and be friends1657

to kiss and make up1657

to make it up1669

to make it up1722

conciliate1747

1447–8 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) i. 27 (MED) Tochyng the grete maters yn variance..yf the parties myght so aggre and accorde at their comyng home.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes (1937) i. xx. 70 He aggreed and made peas Wyth the mayencyens.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. v. f. vj Agre with thine adversary at once..lest thine adversary delyvre the to the iudge.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV Introd. f. ii^v If you of your selfes will not agre I will not study how to agre you.

a1661 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. G. Capriata Hist. Wars Italy (1663) xii. 444 The Duke [of Piedmont] was forced either to succumb to the King of Frence, or to agree with him.

a1716 O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. xxvii. 260 To agree..with our Adversary while we are in the way to Judgement.

1829 Duke of Buckingham Priv. Diary II. 99 The Governor..forces them to agree, and make up their quarrels without going to law.

1834 Tracts for Times No. 61 He calls [him] back from the altar, and tells him first to agree with his brother, and then return in peace.

1922 Current Opinion 73 38 The Allies..advised us to agree with our enemy quickly, for..he appeared to be growing stronger and stronger.

a. intransitive. With on (also as to, †of, upon). To come to agreement on a matter or point; to settle something by agreement.

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1480 Rec. Burgh Edinb. f. 37, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Agre Ilk man to haif his pairt thairof as it beis bocht, and gif they can nocht aggre thairvpon the said merchand sall sell his corne to fremen as he best may.

?1544 E. Allen tr. A. Alesius Auctorite Word of God sig. Aviii^v We must first agree of the nomber of the sacramentes..in the holy scripture.

1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales vi. vii. 131 To laye downe such things as they agree of.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. vii. 68 To let the meat coole, ere we can agree vpon the first place.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxiii. 125 Judges he himself agrees on.

1657 Sir C. Pack in T. Burton Diary (1828) II. 160 It will be hard for the Committee to agree of names.

1710 W. Hume Sacred Succession 382 What People..agree upon and determine..shall..have a very commanding Force.

1789 Deb. Congr. U.S. 28 Sept. (1834) 91 The managers appointed on the part of the Senate..reported that they could not agree on a report.

1804 Ann. Rev. & Hist. Lit. 1803 2 273 A convention has been agreed on relative to this subject.

1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xii. 104 Terms of reconciliation were readily agreed on.

1911 J. Muir My First Summer in Sierra 108 No two cooks quite agree on the method of making beans.

2003 Isis 94 366/2 This said, one still needs to agree as to the definition and the contents of the Alphonsine Tables.

b. intransitive. With infinitive or clause. To reach an agreement to do something, or that something should be done.Sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 3a where such agreement is reached by mutual concession, or through the accession of one or other party.

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a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xlv^v They agreed to reste there styll.

1570 G. Buchanan Chamæleon in Vernac. Writings (1892) 47 As thai aggreit to put doune the King.

1572 Lament Lady Scot. in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 248 Ȝe did aggre To crowne and place him in authoritie.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xiv. vi. 414 The Physicians had laid their heads togither, and agreed to give the Surrentine wine so great a name.

1676 J. Collins Let. Sept. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1986) XIII. 85 Dr Pell and one Mr Warner..agreed to make a table of Antilogarithmes.

1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xl. 67 They agreed to censure the corrupt management of justice and the finances.

1833 J. Flamank Treat. Happiness ix. 38 The Roman senate..agreed that the matter should be kept a profound secret.

1881 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Indian Affairs (U.S.) 10 They agreed to go as soon as the issue of beef..had been made.

1945 H. P. Samwell Infantry Officer with Eighth Army iv. 33 We had agreed that he should bring up Company H.Q...while I led the forward platoons.

1998 S. Dobyns Church of Dead Girls i. iv. 31 The faculty senate agreed to vote on the possibility of censure.

†c. intransitive. To come to terms about the price of something; to bargain, negotiate, or contract for something. Obsolete.

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1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xx. 2 And he agreed with the labourers for a peny a daye [ Wyclif, Rhem., made covenant].

1574 J. Baret Aluearie A 199 They agree or consent as concerning the acte or deede: price etc.

1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 141 Pesterable wares which take a great deale of roome are excepted, and must be agreed for.

1669 S. Pepys Diary 1 Jan. (1976) IX. 405 To the cabinet-shops to look out, and did agree for a Cabinett to give my wife.

1705 Boston News-let. 2 Apr. 2/2 Those also who have a mind to encourage the..printing of the said publick News-Letter..are hereby Advertised..to agree with John Campbell..for the same.

1789 E. Butler Jrnl. 13 Oct. in E. M. Bell Hanwood Papers (1930) 199 So he went to the Lyon..which is a great Mortification to us who had agreed with Mr. Edwards for their board.

1808 J. Phillips et al. Crosby's Builder's New Price-bk. (ed. 12) 198 Bent glass, plate glass,..ground, or jealous glass, to be specially agreed for.

1878 Law Times Rep. 39 599/1 What shall be the differences between the prices agreed for and the prices at a future named day.

IV. Of persons or things: to be in agreement; to correspond, coincide, harmonize.

9. To be in agreement as to particular points.

(a) intransitive. Of a person: to concur with an opinion, statement, action, etc.

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the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > agree with [verb (transitive)]

to go ineOE

cordc1380

consentc1386

covin1393

condescend1477

agree1481

correspond1545

concur1590

to fall in1602

suffrage1614

to hit it1634

colour1639

to take with ——1646

to be with1648

to fall into ——1668

to run in1688

to think with1688

meet1694

coincide1705

to go in1713

to say ditto to1775

to see with ——1802

sympathize1828

1481 (a1470) J. Tiptoft tr. Cicero De Amicicia (Caxton) sig. c1^v I can not agree, with none. of thise thre opynyons, ne the fyrst of theym is trewe.

1581 P. Wiburn Checke or Reproofe M. Howlets Shreeching f. 36 You agree with these woordes of D. Thom. and apply all to..our noble Queene and this State.

1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 336 They did heartily agree with the sentence of the Lord, and a Petition was forthwith drawn up for them.

1753 E. Haywood Hist. Jemmy & Jenny Jessamy I. xxv. 270 Mr. Lovegrove reply'd, that he had the honour to agree with his lordship's sentiments in this point.

1781 E. Burke Let. 23 Mar. in Corr. (1844) II. 412 To know any man's story that you cannot agree with.

1869 J. R. Lowell Let. 15 Sept. (1932) 147 I entirely agree with what you said in the ‘Nation’—that the Guiccioli's book was a mere fetch.

1906 Racine (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 27 Nov. 12/2 The referee's word goes, but some ring men do not always agree with his decision.

2004 High Country News 19 July 20/2 How sad it is that so many people insist on shooting the messengers when they don't agree with what they read!

(b) intransitive. To concur with another person that something is the case. Occasionally with †in (some matter).

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1532 G. Hervet tr. Xenophon Treat. House Holde f. 51 You beinge the lerner do agre with me the techer, and ye haue shewed your opinion afore me.

1550 J. Harington tr. Cicero Bk. Freendeship f. 8^v I can in no wyse agree with them, whiche began of late to reason thus, that the soule dieth with the body.

1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 267 As to..its beginning, they agree with Ingulphus and Hoveden.

1744 J. Colson tr. P. van Musschenbroek Elements Nat. Philos. I. ix. 143 I cannot agree with those that affirm, that the attrition is increased whenever the rubbing surfaces are increased.

1783 M. Madan Five Lett. Abraham Rees v. 53 I do not agree with M. De Voltaire in many things; but I think that he has..truth on his side, when he says [etc.].

1811 W. Scott Let. Sept. (1932) II. 543 I agree with you respecting the lumbering weight of the stanza.

1877 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (ed. 3) v. 102 Nobody supposes that the suitors in our courts agree with the judge when he decides against them.

1933 D. Thomas Let. Sept. (1987) 21 I can't agree with you that the majority of the Referee poems are good.

2010 Daily Tel. 19 July 22/1 My first reaction was to agree with the critic Stephen Bayley, who has deplored the..new approach.

b. intransitive. Of two or more parties: to share the same opinion about something; to concur about, as to, in, on a matter; to be in agreement that something is the fact or case.Formerly also: †to agree something to be the fact or case (obsolete).

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the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > be in agreement [verb (intransitive)]

accord1340

cordc1380

to be condescendedc1386

to be consentedc1386

consenta1400

intend1421

onec1450

drawc1480

to be of (also in) one (or a) mind?1496

agreea1513

gree?a1513

to draw by one string1558

conspire1579

to meet witha1586

conclude1586

condog1592

consign1600

centre1652

to be of (another's) mind1717

to go all the way (also the whole way) with1829

to sing the same song1846

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. vii. f. vii The more partye of wryters agreen that he rulyd this Ile of Brytayne by the terme of .xl. yeres.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie A 199 The doctoures discent, or the authors doo not agree in this point.

1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xv. viii. 542 The humanists cannot agree about the first city-founder.

1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxv. 44 There is one point in which they all agree.

1784 J. Potter Virtuous Villagers II. 23 We shall never agree on these points, so we'll drop them.

1868 S. Simon Church Redeemer 158 The creeds of the different Evangelical Churches agree as to fundamental..doctrines.

1887 Cent. Mag. Jan. 348/2 We agree that meteorites were once part of a comet..from ‘space’.

1919 Mediator 8 Aug. 12/1 The potato knisch is head and shoulders above the others in point of popularity. Max and Morris both agree on that.

1932 G. K. Zipf Sel. Stud. Relative Frequency in Lang. i. 4 All phoneticists agree about it; it is..evident to anyone listening to a native of Peking speak.

1991 Health & Fitness Jan. 30/3 Even they [sc. those who object] agree that a provocative image of a woman pulls in the punters.

2004 T. Botha Mongo Introd. 4 They all agree on one thing: New York can't be beat.

c. transitive. With clause as object. Of two or more persons: to concur in (a matter, opinion).

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1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 33 The Beast was..large and tall, With..eyes of wall: I would say eye, for h' had but one, As most agree, though some say none.

1698 J. Crull tr. C. Dellon Voy. to E.-Indies 79 Seeing him [sc. a wild boar] at some distance, they agreed it would be best to let fly at him.

1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino i. 3 All Histories agree him to be a Tyrant.

1766 Jester's Mag. May 229/2 They agreed, it was a Pity he should be hang'd.

1862 M. Oliphant Chrons. Carlingford ix. 63 Everybody agreed it would be an admirable arrangement.

1932 C. Brooks Jrnl. 28 Oct. (1998) 40 Lil and I talked the matter over, and..agreed it would be better for me to ‘throw in my hand’.

2004 Philadelphia Inquirer 6 June h12/4 Both presidents, they agree, exude ‘arrogance’ in different ways.

d. intransitive with object implied. Of two or more persons: to be in agreement, share an opinion about something.

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1687 G. Clerke Let. 21 Nov. in I. Newton Corr. (1960) II. 498 I perceive we agree wel enough, but in a little verbality as you say.

1786 F. Burney Court Jrnls. & Lett. (2011) I. 266 He smiled a little provokingly, & said..; ‘We agree here, ma'am,—I think her innocent too!—’ ‘No, Sir, we do not agree !’

1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! I. i. 5 If we lose him, good-bye to England's luck, say I, and who don't agree, let him choose his weapons, and I'm his man.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt III. xxxv. 19 At last he said..‘I agree—I must have time.’ ‘Very well. It is a bargain.’

1951 Bedford (Pa.) Gaz. 19 Sept. 1/3 ‘There are those who warn against viewing the atom as a magic weapon,’ he continued. ‘I agree.’

1968 J. Wainwright Web of Silence 94 Jackson figures he's created a double-agent. We don't agree.

2002 Philadelphia Inquirer 15 Dec. a22/2 Some donors say the mayor won't take their calls, and he agrees... ‘I don't have a lot of [time]’.

e. transitive. With direct speech or clause as object: to say by way of agreement; to remark or respond affirmingly.

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1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey V. vii. 75 ‘Yes, yes!’ agreed the Intendant, almost unable to articulate.

1881 C. E. L. Riddell Senior Partner III. vi. 139 ‘In all the time we have known each other, you have never come to see me before.’ ‘No,’ she agreed, glancing nervously around her.

1922 S. Lewis Babbitt xv. 194 ‘Oh, gosh, those were the days!’ Those, McKelvey agreed, were the days.

1972 K. Bonfiglioli Don't point that Thing at Me xiv. 122 ‘Bloody roadhog.’ ‘He might easily have done us a mischief,’ I agreed.

2003 I. Rankin Question of Blood (2004) ix. 175 ‘Sometimes I go for a headlock instead.’‘That's a good idea, changing your attack,’ Whiteread agreed.

10.

a. intransitive. Without construction. Of two or more things: to coincide or correspond in character or nature; to be similar to or concur with each other; to correlate, tally, match.Cf. sense 17b.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > correlate [verb (intransitive)]

agree1487

correlate1742

intersphere1889

intercorrelate1970

interrelate1973

1487 W. Cely Let. 18 Sept. in Cely Lett. (1975) 236 A byll..of John Delowppys..as he sayth he hath payd, to see yff yowre rekenyng and hys agree.

1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 7 Thinges which agree together: are equall the one to the other.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) v. ii. 1 At last..our iarring notes agree .

1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. Ad Aul. xv. 292 He therefore sendeth for his Masters debtors forthwith; abateth them of their several sums, and makes the books agree.

1722 C. Wheatly Rational Illustr. Bk. Common Prayer (ed. 4) xv. 543 Thus far the Stories agree, but in what is behind they widely differ.

1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity I. iii. 305 All the accounts sufficiently agree.

1825 W. Colburn Introd. Algebra ix. 53 [Substitute] a letter instead of the number; and after the result is obtained, put in the numbers again, and see if the answers agree.

1871 B. Stewart Heat (ed. 2) §70 The two scales agree almost exactly at 62° while they differ sensibly at 72°.

1936 Techn. Bull. (U.S. Dept Agric.) No. 506. 13 These descriptions should..be identical with those published earlier,..but do not agree exactly in several essentials.

1974 R. A. Barnett Linear Equations 30 The proof is quite straightforward: it is only necessary to show that the two sides [of the equation] agree when u=e, (j = i,.., n).

2004 T. H. Greer & G. Lewis Brief Hist. Western World (ed. 9) 162 Though the Gospels agree in general outline, they differ somewhat in their accounts of Jesus' personality and identity.

b. intransitive. With with. Of one thing: to coincide with, be consistent with, another; to correspond with or match something else.

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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree, harmonize, or be congruous with [verb (transitive)] > be compatible or consistent with

agree1493

1493 Tretyse of Loue (de Worde) sig. Aj/2 Do what ye wyll so it Agree wyth charite and all shall turne to your wele.

a1500 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 61 The buschell, halff a buschell [etc.]…the qwhyche mesures schuld agre w^t the kynge's standard.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. Prol. f. ii And cause it to agre with other olde storyes.

1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles ix. 18 Mistris, your choyce agrees with mine.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxv. 131 [They interpret the precept] according as it best agreeth with..actions they approve.

1654 J. Playford Breefe Introd. Skill Musick 30 Tune it [sc. the string] till it agree in sound with the Treble open.

1662 R. Boyle Def. Doctr. Spring & Weight of Air iii. 71 I find nothing that agrees not with my Hypothesis.

1738 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) I. 178 The expedition..cannot agree in time with the siege of Tyre.

1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. iii. xlvi. 306 To see that his accounts agree with those of the bank books.

1832 Edinb. Encycl. (U.S. ed.) II. 361/1 Division is proved by multiplying the quotient by the divisor;..if the result agrees with the dividend, the operation is inferred to be right.

1838 T. Macaulay in G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay (1876) II. i. 29 He looked about to see how my Horatius agreed with the topography.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. §14. 301 This quite agrees with the views now generally entertained.

1932 J. E. Malin Constr. Diagnostic Test High School Chem. 228 Do not accept the answer as correct unless it agrees with the answer..given in the key.

1984 P. Larking Let. 21 Mar. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 7 My calculator does not agree with yours..(does this mean I have been underpaid in the past?)

2000 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 23 May 1 Albertson said witnesses' accounts agreed with the accounts given by the two truck drivers.

†c. intransitive. With to. To correspond or conform to something. Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > be similar [verb (intransitive)] > correspond

answer?c1225

to run together?c1225

agreea1525

correspond1529

respond1563

quadrate1610

analogize1646

homologize1733

begin1862

a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 327 The xij artikillis aggreis to the xij prophettis.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark xiv. f. lxviij^v Thou arte of galile, and thy speache agreth therto [so Cranmer (1539), Geneva, 1611].

1625 C. Burges New Discouery Personal Tithes 50 This Statute agreeth to the best English Canon Law.

1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (xvii. 13 Annot.) 92/2 This perfectly agrees to the context.

1708 J. Swift Sentiments Church of Eng.-man ii, in Misc. (1711) 135 The Constitution of the English Government..to which the present Establishment of the Church doth so happily agree.

1725 I. Watts Logick iii. iii. §3 Animal is the proximate or nearest genus of bird, because it agrees to fewest other things.

1788 T. Reid Aristotle's Logic iv. §3. 77 It agrees to the rules of the figure..it is also agreeable to all the general rules.

11. intransitive. Grammar. Of a verb, adjective, etc.: to take the same number, gender, case, person, etc., as another element in the clause or sentence; to be in agreement with another element.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic relations > have syntactic relation [verb (intransitive)] > agree

agreec1500

c1500 in D. Thomson Middle Eng. Grammatical Texts (1984) 187 The verbe shall agre w^t the fyrst person.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. 38 Adjectyves agre onely in gendre and nombre, but theyr verbes agre with theyr nominatyve cases in nombre and parsone.

1669 J. Milton Accedence 42 An Adjective with his Substantive..agree [th] in Gender and Case.

1711 J. Hunter New Method Teaching Latine Tongue 83 Prolepsis, which is a short way of Speaking, in which the Whole agrees with the Verb or Adjective, but not the Parts literally.

1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 94 When a disjunctive occurs between a singular noun..and a plural one, the verb is made to agree with the plural noun..as, ‘Neither poverty nor riches were injurious to him’.

1829 P. Bachi Gram. Ital. Lang. iv. i. 358 The verb agrees with the subjective, either expressed or understood, both in number and person.

1881 C. P. Mason Eng. Gram. §465 Pronouns must agree in gender, number, and person with the nouns for which they stand.

1991 Classical Q. 41 541 It agrees with a singular noun quite a long way back in the sentence.

2009 M. Rosenberg Daily Warm Ups! 57 In subject-predicate agreement, the noun and verb must agree in number... We are going to the movies... We is a plural pronoun and are going is a plural linking verb.

12. To be agreeable to, in harmony with; to suit the nature or character of.

a. With with.

(a) intransitive. Of a person, plant, etc.: to do well in, be conformable with (some environment, food, etc.). Now rare (Scottish in later use).

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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > suit or be suitable for [verb (transitive)] > be suited to his or its environment, etc.

agree1525

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. ciii. 301 To agree with the ayre not accustomed before.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 419/1 I agre with meate or drinke, I can away wit it.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 82 Lest the Tree Translated, should not with the Soil agree .

1716 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (ed. 4) II. 293 The Peeling is a lasting Apple, makes very good Cyder, agrees well with this Air, and is a good bearer.

1876 Garden 29 Apr. 415/1 Each of the three Cedars..agree so well with this climate, that it is impossible to exclude one of them from the most limited list.

1888 ‘S. Tytler’ Girl Neighbours ii. 39 Though the firs had got time enough to grow long after their planter was gone, they had not agreed with the soil.

1905 A. Warrack in Eng. Dial. Dict.: Suppl. 5/1 I don't agree with fresh herrings.

(b) intransitive. Of food, climate, lifestyle, etc.: to suit the constitution of; to be healthy, suitable, or appropriate for (someone). Now often in negative constructions (cf. disagree v. 5).Occasionally in elliptical use, without complement (see quot. 1747).

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the world > health and disease > make healthy [verb (transitive)] > suit one's health

agree1543

suit1814

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > suit or be suitable for [verb (transitive)] > suit a person

agree1543

1543 J. Hales tr. Plutarch Preceptes Preseruacion Healthe sig. dviii It shalbe requisite then to fede on other meates, those that shall moste agree with the nature of the bodye.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V v. i. 25 It doth not agree with your stomacke, and your appetite, And your digestions, to eate this Leeke.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxiii. i. 153 The common sort may..drinke euery man what wine he liketh most, and findeth best to agree with him.

1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery x. 121 Some boil it in Milk, and is very good, where it will agree.

1785 E. Sheridan Let. in Betsy Sheridan's Jrnl. (1986) ii. 53 Both the Waters and the Bark which was prescribed for him in London agree perfectly with him.

1816 J. Austen Emma II. vii. 123 I am not fond of dinner-visiting... Late hours do not agree with us.

1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xvi. 126 She wondered whether the climate would agree with her.

1899 E. Nesbit Story of Treasure Seekers xi. 112 Alice asked him to have some more... ‘No, thank you, miss,..it's my favourite wine, but it doesn't agree with me.’

1939 L. Bromfield It takes all Kinds 385 ‘I live like a fisherman.’.. ‘I must say,’ she said, ‘it seems to agree with you.’

1972 S. W. Olds & M. S. Eiger Compl. Bk. Breastfeeding 25 Q. Suppose my milk doesn't agree with the baby? A. Breast milk agrees with every baby.

2003 M. Schneider Writing my Way through Cancer ix. 98 I was also worried in case I..would have to take antibiotics which I've avoided for years. They don't agree with me at all.

†b. intransitive. With to. To be suitable to, appropriate to, consonant with. Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > be suitable, appropriate, or suit [verb (intransitive)]

fayc1300

sita1393

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fadec1475

frame?1518

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1534 W. Marshall tr. Erasmus Playne & Godly Expos. Commune Crede iii. f. 55 The name of a lorde, how is it agreynge to Christe: as touchynge to his diuyne nature?

?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iii. sig. Lij Other maner of byndynge..proprely agreeth to depe woundes.

1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 153/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II He was interred in all honorable maner, as to his estate did agree.

1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iii. viii. 196 The power of Ecclesiasticall jurisdiction doth no more agree to the King, then the power of Ecclesiasticall order.

1662 H. More Antidote against Atheism (ed. 3) ii. ii. 45 in Coll. Philos. Writings (ed. 2) That Hypothesis..which will agree universally to the Aire.

1671 J. Webster Metallographia i. 15 Reason agreeth thereto.

1713 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous iii. 138 To know every thing knowable is certainly a perfection; but to..feel any thing by sense, is an imperfection. The former..agrees to God, but not the latter.

13. intransitive. Often with with, together. To coexist in harmony; to act in unison; to concur in opinions, feelings, behaviour, etc.; to live or work together without conflict. Also figurative. Now somewhat archaic.See also two of a trade can never (also seldom) agree at Phrases 3a, birds in their little nests agree at Phrases 3b.

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society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > be in concord [verb (intransitive)]

accord1340

intend1421

gree?a1513

agree?1543

to see eye to eye1747

?1543 tr. Erasmus Sileni Alcibiadis sig. C.iiii One kynseman agreeth not with another, nor one relygyon as they nowe call it I. with another.

1545 J. Bale Mysterye Inyquyte P. Pantolabus f. 23 As moche agre they .ii. in one veyne of speakynge, as doth fyre and water, which be of a contrarye nature.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ii. 95 How doost thou and thy Master agree, I haue brought him a present; how gree you now?

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. xi. 58 These cities..agreed so well together, that they were called sisters.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xix. 438 It is probable that in Noahs Ark the wolf agreed with the lambe.

1648 Mercurius Pacificus 2 The Devils in one Hell..agreeing together like their agents and working tools here on earth.

a1720 W. Bartlet Passover Consider'd (1747) 69 A tost fluctuating World, where the very jarring Elements can't agree together, and much less the jarring Inhabitants.

1740 P. Pineda New Dict., Spanish & Eng. (new ed.) at To agree Fools cannot agree together, los locos no convién.

1808 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems (ed. 2) 37 And where they once agreed, to cavil now.

1843 Mrs. Paxton Veil Lifted 81 He had only to remind the other of the nature of their friendship, which he accordingly did. ‘Friends agree best separate, sir.’

1914 D. H. Lawrence Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd iii. 70 We agreed well enough except when he drank like a fish and came home rolling.

1977 P. O'Brian Mauritius Command 50 Clonfert and the Admiral agreed well together—they were both seen walking about London wearing Oriental robes.

14. intransitive. With with. To approve of something with regard to its moral correctness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > approve of, accept, or sanction [verb (transitive)]

loveeOE

underfoc1000

underfong?c1225

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allowa1325

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avow1530

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to be for1590

sancite1597

improve1603

applauda1616

acclamate1624

resenta1646

own1649

comprobate1660

sanction1797

likea1825

approbate1833

to hold with (arch. of, on, for)1895

agree1900

endorse1914

condone1962

1900 National Liberal Federation: Proc. 22nd Ann. Meeting 57 Mr. Burn said he rose to protest against the indiscreet speeches made by those who did not agree with the war.

1964 Chicago Defender 11 July 5/3 I don't agree with violence, but it is not senseless.

1968 Guardian 22 Mar. 20/3 I for one agree with capital punishment for these criminals.

1991 Irish Times 18 July 2/6 It's an opportunity for the Irish communities in London to rally round and show that the vast majority of people don't agree with terrorism.

2010 J. Bringle Reprod. Rights iv. 77 Part of reproductive rights is having the right to choose, and that means you can choose not to agree with abortion.

V. To bring into agreement, make harmonious.

15. transitive. To arrange or settle (something requiring the consent of several parties); to come to an agreement on.In modern use chiefly British. Apparently rare in the 19th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] > in concert

agree1523

consult1555

concert1581

preconcert1709

the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement with [verb (transitive)] > make conclude or seal (an agreement)

binda1300

smitec1330

takec1330

ratify1357

knitc1400

enter1418

obligea1522

agree1523

conclude1523

strike1544

swap1590

celebrate1592

rate?1611

to strike up1646

form1736

firm1970

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. 86 Whan that this sayde trewse was agreed.

1658–9 Neville in T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 194 If you leave it without agreeing the security.

1679 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation: 1st Pt. 586 The king sent Sir Ralph Sadler to him, to agree the marriage.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 562 He had agreed a match for him with his brother the Duke of Zell for his daughter.

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 186 Did I for this agree The solemn Truce?

1897 Times Law Rep. 13 482/2 He had no more power to agree the price than to enter into a formal contract.

1928 Britain's Industr. Future (Liberal Industr. Inq.) 140 These councils should have the power to agree factory rules.

1959 Bookseller 13 June 1982/1 The Russians have agreed a wide list of categories.

1992 Holiday Which? Mar. 84/2 Tipping is a way of life in Egypt—and so is haggling. Agree a price before getting into a vehicle.

2007 C. Elliott & F. Quinn Eng. Legal Syst. (ed. 8) iv. xxiv. 549 This does not stop retrials being ordered where the jury has failed to agree a verdict.

†16. transitive. To make (persons) well-disposed towards each other; to reconcile. Also: to cause (a person) to be reconciled with another. Obsolete.

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society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > bring to peace (strife or discord) [verb (transitive)] > reconcile (people)

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pacifyc1500

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reconciliate1539

gree1570

atone1597

compose1597

even1620

to build bridges1886

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 619/2 I make at one, I agre folkes that were fallen out.

1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 270/2 in Chron. I His cousin..the whiche trauayled to agree him with the king.

1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 34/1 To agree the kyng and the Pope.

c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 82 The dayes men cannot agre us.

1655 J. Jennings tr. J.-P. Camus Elise 86 The governour, desirous to agree them, had straitly forbid them fighting.

1689 in W. H. L. Melville Leven & Melville Papers (1843) 151 Overturs to aggry the king and thes heroes.

17.

†a. transitive. To bring (things that differ) into harmony. Also: to reconcile or arrange (a difference or disagreement). Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree, harmonize, or be congruous with [verb (transitive)] > bring into agreement or harmony

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to wind up1608

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attune1744

harmonize1767

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndales Answere i. p. li Ryght specyall cases, & those be very few,..yet wyll Tyndale agre them.

1572 Lament. Lady Scotl. in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 247 To aggre this ciuile difference.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iv. sig. P5^v Some troublous vprore Whereto he drew in hast it to agree.

1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants i. iii. §7. 130 Meanes of agreeing differences are either Rationall..or voluntary.

1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Gothick Warre i. 16 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian Having agreed the War with the Francks.

1706 R. Estcourt Fair Example v. i. 69 Do but agree the matter between you.

1785 T. Jefferson Corr. 14 Aug. in Wks. (1859) I. 381 His difference with the Dutch is certainly agreed.

1830 Let. in Examiner 29 Aug. 547/1 The prefect..came out and agreed the matter quietly among them.

1891 Accountant 17 382/1 When the parties of the suit..have agreed their differences, application is made to the Court.

b. transitive. Accounting and Bookkeeping. To reconcile or balance (discrepant amounts, accounts, books, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > keep accounts [verb (transitive)] > add up and ascertain differences > balance or reconcile

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agree1882

cash1960

1882 Jrnl. Inst. Bankers 3 95 It is not generally found practicable to agree the amounts [of the cheques] during the progress of the work.

1897 F. W. Pixley Profession Chartered Accountant iii. 53 They take out and agree the figures of the trial balance..for the partners, the executors, or the private client.

1922 F. W. Pixley Accountant's Dict. I. 269/2 An amount which represents the difference on exchange..is inserted in Paris account current in the London books..to agree the accounts.

2001 S. H. Weil & F. A. Noi Introd. Accounting Skills (2004) v. 152 [The company] will need to enter this payment..in order to agree the balance of its bank account with the bank statement.

Phrases

P1. to kiss and agree: to make up after a quarrel or disagreement. Cf. to kiss and make up at kiss v. 6k. Now rare (regional in later use).

ΚΠ

1607 G. Wilkins Miseries Inforst Mariage i. sig. B3 Come kisse, and agree, Your friends haue thought it fit, and it must be.

1823 T. Carlyle Let. 6 Apr. (1908) I. 191 Each quarrel to last for fifteen minutes at the utmost, then we to kiss and agree and be better friends than ever.

a1861 E. B. Browning Poet. Wks (1897) 290 In the name of the white child waiting for me In the death-dark where we may kiss and agree.

P2. to agree to disagree (also differ): to cease to argue about something as a result of accepting that neither party will compromise or be persuaded; to give up trying to convince each other.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > assent > [verb (intransitive)] > agree to disagree

to agree to disagree1699

1699 R. Ferguson Just & Modest Vindic. Scots Design 202 If we..agree to differ in Religious Matters of less Importance, we might thereupon possibly better accord.

1769 J. Gill Body Doctrinal Divinity II. ii. 302 They..agree to differ..and not charge one another with unsoundness and heterodoxy.

1775 J. Wesley Let. 3 Nov. (1931) VI. 186 If the worst comes, we can agree to disagree.

1810 S. T. Coleridge Friend 15 Mar. 440 His Lordship and Sir Alexander Ball had ‘agreed to differ’.

1925 A. Huxley Those Barren Leaves v. iv. 369 There we must agree to differ. But even if it is impossible to get at reality, the fact that reality exists..surely shows [etc.].

2007 N. Rosen How to live Off-grid vi. 248 I would rather agree to disagree and let the majority get on with it, as long as my objections are noted.

P3. In proverbial phrases (from sense 13).

a. two of a trade can never (also seldom) agree: competitors in the same field cannot work together without conflict or rivalry.

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1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore ii. 154 It is a common rule, and 'tis most true, Two of one trade never loue.]

1673 E. Ravenscroft Careless Lovers sig. A2^v Two of a Trade can seldome agree.

1727 J. Gay Fables I. xxi. 72 In ev'ry age and clime we see, Two of a trade can ne'er agree.

1836 S. I. Mahoney Six Years Monasteries Italy 170 It is a common saying, ‘two of a trade can never agree’... The Augustinian hates the Carmelite, the Carmelite the Augustinian, the Augustinian the Dominican.

1907 Country Life 29 Dec. 958/1 The magpies drove the jays away—for the reason, we may suppose, that ‘two of a trade never agree’.

2005 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 8 Mar. 31 This hatred between despotic regimes and terrorist groups was an example of the old saying that ‘two of a trade never agree’.

b. birds in their little nests agree and variants: (often as a direction) children, esp. siblings, should not argue among themselves.After the nursery proverb by Isaac Watts (see quot. 1715).

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1715 I. Watts Divine Songs for Children Song xvii. 25 Birds in their little Nests agree; And 'tis a shameful Sight, When Children of one Family Fall out, and chide, and fight.

1840 D. Grant Duty of Children 41 Whilst the little birds agree in their nests..should not children agree, and love one another?

1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. i. 10 ‘Birds in their little nests agree,’ sang Beth, the peace-maker, with such a funny face that both sharp voices softened to a laugh.

1961 J. Steinbeck Winter of our Discontent i. 7 ‘Birds in their little nests agree,’ he said. ‘So why can't we?.. You kids can't get along even on a pretty morning.’

1991 R. Doyle Van (1992) 79 Birds in their little nest, said Bertie.—Wha' abou' them? said Paddy.—They agree, said Bertie.—Righ'?

P4. I couldn't agree more (with someone) (usually the person addressed): ‘I am in complete agreement’; ‘I share your (or his or her) opinion in every respect’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > agreement [phrase]

it is a match!1569

that's right1608

true for you1765

how right you are1799

them's my sentiments1847

I should think (suppose, etc.)1861

right you are!1862

sure thing1895

you said it1911

with knobs on1930

you can say that again1932

I should coco1936

I couldn't agree more (with someone)1939

that makes two of us1956

yes please2010

1939 Times 27 Sept. 6/3 Sir—I could not agree more with what Miss Tennyson Jesse says in her letter of September 19 regarding evacuated children.

1942 J. B. Priestley Black-out in Gretley viii. 185 ‘I couldn't agree with you more,’ he said, grinning.

1960 L. Cooper Accomplices ii. i. 77 You think it's a nasty cold-blooded business..? I couldn't agree more.

1991 Moneywise Sept. 2/2 I could not agree with you more about ‘get rich quick schemes’... You simply cannot tell which of the many schemes are legitimate.

2009 Daily Tel. 10 Apr. 27/5 I could not agree more with Neil McCormick's excellent articles about the ubiquitousness of unavoidable ‘musak’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	agree
释义	† agreen. Forms: late Middle English agre, 1500s agree. Origin: Probably formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: agree v. Etymology: Probably < agree v.Perhaps compare Old French agré (masculine) agreement, satisfaction (12th cent.), Anglo-Norman and Middle French agree (feminine) accord, agreement (14th cent.; 12th cent. in Old French as agreie ). Quot. c1475 has alternatively been taken as showing agree adv. Obsolete. The action of agreeing; agreement. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] accordc1275 assentc1400 agreement1427 appointment?1440 agreec1475 condition1483 covin1489 agreeance1525 concluding1530 compaction1534 indenture1540 conjurea1547 obsignation?1555 conclusion1569 engage1589 astipulation1595 adstipulation1598 agreation1598 tractation1600 closing1606 dispatch1612 combinationa1616 engagement1617 closure1647 covenantinga1649 adjustment1674 the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [noun] > an agreement agreement1427 conventionc1440 agreec1475 agreeance1525 reconcilement1560 society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > [noun] > concord sibsomenesseOE somec1000 somrednessa1250 accordc1275 onehead1340 unityc1384 concordc1386 accordance1388 union?1435 onement1454 greement1483 agreeance1525 agreement1529 atonementa1535 onenessa1575 onehood?1578 harmony1588 agreea1592 unison1606 commodation1643 bon-accordc1650 unisoniety1663 regalia1745 at-oneness1877 c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 91 We..may after agre worschip such þingis writun. a1592 R. Greene Hist. Orlando Furioso (1594) sig. Bii^v Shame you not Princes at this bad agree, To wrong a stranger with discurtesie? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). agreev. Brit. /əˈɡriː/, U.S. /əˈɡri/ Forms: Middle English agry, Middle English–1600s aggre, Middle English–1600s aggree, Middle English–1600s agre, Middle English– agree, late Middle English angree, 1500s agrey, 1500s–1600s agrie; Scottish pre-1700 aggre, pre-1700 aggree, pre-1700 aggreit (past tense), pre-1700 aggrey, pre-1700 aggry, pre-1700 agre, pre-1700 agrey, pre-1700 agry, pre-1700 1700s aggrie, pre-1700 1700s agrie, pre-1700 1700s– agree. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French agreer. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman agrer, agrere, agrier, Anglo-Norman and Middle French agreer, aggreer (French agréer ) (of an object) to be pleasing (to someone) (c1160 in Old French), to consent, accede, approve (c1170 in both intransitive and transitive use), to accept, admit (something as true), to receive (someone) favourably, welcome (someone) (c1170), to satisfy (someone) (13th cent.), to be in agreement with (someone) (beginning of the 15th cent.), to accept or admit (an employee, officer, etc.) (1406 in Anglo-Norman), to settle (a dispute, debt, etc.) (1st half of the 15th cent. in Anglo-Norman) < a- a- prefix⁵ + gre gree n.²; compare Old French greer gree v. Compare also earlier gree n.² and later aggrate v., gree v.Compare post-classical Latin aggreare (frequently from 1384 in British sources; < French), Old Occitan agradar , Catalan agradar (14th cent.), Spanish agradar (13th cent.), Portuguese agradar (15th cent.), Italian aggradare (a1313; a1250 as agratare , beginning of the 13th cent. as agradare ; probably either from or after Occitan). In sense 1 originally construed with an indirect object: compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French agreer a to be pleasing to, to give satisfaction to, s'agreer a to agree to (both 13th cent.). With the form angree compare ancordyng in the same source and see note at according adv.; perhaps compare also a- prefix³ beside an- prefix¹. †I. To please or be pleased. 1. a. transitive. Of a thing: to be to the liking of (someone), to suit, to please. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > please or give pleasure to [verb (transitive)] i-quemec893 ywortheOE queemeOE likeOE likeOE paya1200 gamec1225 lustc1230 apaya1250 savoura1300 feastc1300 comfort1303 glew1303 pleasec1350 ticklec1386 feedc1400 agreea1413 agreec1425 emplessc1450 gree1468 applease1470 complaire1477 enjoy1485 warm1526 to claw the ears1549 content1552 pleasure1556 oblect?1567 relish1567 gratify1569 sweeta1575 promerit1582 tinkle1582 tastea1586 aggrate1590 gratulatea1592 greeta1592 grace1595 arride1600 complease1604 honey1604 agrade1611 oblectate1611 oblige1652 placentiate1694 flatter1695 to shine up to1882 fancy- a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) i. l. 409 If harme agree me wher-to pleyne I þanne [It. S'a mal mio grado, il lamentar che vale]? a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 82 Yef the kynges profer myght not agre the lady, and..hir frendes. b. transitive. Of a person: to please or satisfy (someone). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > please or give pleasure to [verb (transitive)] i-quemec893 ywortheOE queemeOE likeOE likeOE paya1200 gamec1225 lustc1230 apaya1250 savoura1300 feastc1300 comfort1303 glew1303 pleasec1350 ticklec1386 feedc1400 agreea1413 agreec1425 emplessc1450 gree1468 applease1470 complaire1477 enjoy1485 warm1526 to claw the ears1549 content1552 pleasure1556 oblect?1567 relish1567 gratify1569 sweeta1575 promerit1582 tinkle1582 tastea1586 aggrate1590 gratulatea1592 greeta1592 grace1595 arride1600 complease1604 honey1604 agrade1611 oblectate1611 oblige1652 placentiate1694 flatter1695 to shine up to1882 fancy- c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 2631 Ȝif þer-with-al I myȝt ȝow agreen. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxxix. l. 402 Ȝow, sire, Agreen I wolde ful pleyn. c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 30 (MED) Finding bothe horsmete and mannysmete to youre soudeours..without contenting or agreing hem. 2. a. transitive. To receive or take (something) in good part; to accept favourably. Cf. sense 15. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > be pleased with [verb (transitive)] belovec1275 likea1393 agreec1450 pleasea1522 belike1547 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > favour > win favour with [verb (transitive)] > favour to let well ofc1330 favour1340 to take, accept, receive in greec1374 likea1393 smilec1400 to take agreea1425 agreec1450 to fawn on, upon1477 to bear good mind toa1516 to look upon ——c1515 to look on ——1540 vouchsafe1582 conceit1589 relish1594 to look to ——1611 impatronize1629 aspect1663 sympathize1828 to put one's money on1847 c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 179 What ye me geve y may it not denye But hit agre as for myn aventure. 1642 E. Waller Vindic. of King 1 Those who will not agree the Ceremonies. b. intransitive. To be pleased with something, to accept something gracefully. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > be pleased [verb (intransitive)] pleasea1382 agree?a1500 like1780 ?a1500 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 271 (MED) Be mercyfalle, agre, take parte..kepe you frome discencioune. II. To accede, consent; to come to an agreement with another. 3. To accede to a proposal put forward by another person, typically after negotiation or consideration. a. transitive. With infinitive or that clause: to consent to do something; to accede that something be done.Cf. sense 8b. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > consent to [verb (transitive)] thave835 baithea1350 consentc1386 accordc1400 agreea1413 sustainc1425 to fall to ——a1450 exalt1490 avow1530 to stand satisfactory to1576 teem1584 assent1637 to close with1654 fiat1831 to stand in1911 wear1925 a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1882) iii. l. 131 That..Ye wolde..thanne agreen that I may ben he..alwey to don yow my servise. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxxxi^v They agreed to puruey at theyr propre costs .v. C. men of Armys. 1597 R. Johnson 2nd Pt. Famous Hist. Seauen Champions xii. sig. U1^v The Magtion..presently agreed to performe her desires. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 145 To make the summes which any person had agreed to pay,..to bee leuiable by course of Law. 1658–9 Capt. Baynes in T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 123 The Act of Union agrees, that they shall have thirty members. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. to Henry VII I. viii. 282 He agreed to pay the sum; and immediately gave sureties for it. 1779 Bill for Manufactory of Arms 30 Oct. in T. Jefferson Papers (1951) III. 137 The Governour and council..agree that the preceding articles shall be binding on them. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 119 He reluctantly agreed..that some indulgence should be granted to the Presbyterians. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §16. 104 He then agreed to make the trial. 1904 Polit. Sci. Q. 19 iv. 734 The packers agreed to re-employ the strikers. 1977 Los Angeles Times 24 Oct. ii. 2/6 She agreed she would review the situation. 2010 Observer 9 May (New Review section) 23/2 On Facebook..you can only become my ‘friend’ if I agree to become yours. b. transitive. With clause as object: to concede, grant (that something is as stated, should be done, etc.); (now more usually) to accept by agreement. See sense 9c, with two or more persons as subject. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [verb (transitive)] cordc1380 to give handsa1425 to fall to ——a1450 agree1472 to go into ——1540 astipulate1548 subscribe1560 seal1579 suffragate1606 give1621 assent1637 homologate1644 to take up with1673 affirmative1775 chorus1836 yea-say1887 yes1915 the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [verb (intransitive)] > to an opinion agree1472 leana1538 1472–3 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1472 1st Roll §44. m. 13 The lordes spirituelx and temporelx in this present parlement assembled..assent and agree, that it be ordeyned [etc.]. 1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters i. ii. f. vi^v/1 I wold for my parte well agree theym for herysys. 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. 86 Which grace..the Godds had not agreed to be due vnto her. 1659 W. Morrice in T. Burton Diary 18 Mar. (1828) IV. 190 I can never agree that to be law which is dissonant to reason. 1744 J. Harris Three Treat. i. 14 We have agreed it, replied he, to be necessary. 1795 Trial Thomas Hardy IV. 380 A man proposed to them, to subscribe to a book;..they agreed they would take extracts from it, that were worth publishing. 1828 Slavery in India 276 in Parl. Papers XXIV. 1 Mrs. Browne agreed I should be her table waiter, but..I have been put to the work of a groom. 1859 Law Times 29 Oct. 49/2 The wife to live..apart from her husband, which..he agreed she should be at liberty to do. 1946 Sc. Educ. Jrnl. 10 May 258/1 He agreed that they should attempt to ascertain the views of the teachers of Scotland. 1993 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 22 Dec. 10/2 She agreed the watch should eventually go to a museum. 2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Jan. (Business section) 3/4 The president..agrees that ‘social mobile’ retailing will be a major venue for sales and marketing. c. intransitive. With to. To consent to a proposal, condition, etc. ΚΠ 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 46 They that at the firste requeste of their louers agree to them, ought to be ashamed. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 85 Will ye..agreen to the acorde and ordenaunce of these worthy lordes? 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. i. 42 All the Heithen agreed to the commaundement of kynge Antiochus. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. vii. 88 Poste..to France, Agree to any couenants. View more context for this quotation 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. ii. 105 It was not possible to agree to a proposal so extraordinary and unexpected. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 321 Brigadiers Graham and O'Farrel..agreed to the reimbarking of the troops. 1800 Times 23 Dec. 2/1 The House received a Message..stating that their Lordships had agreed to the Poor Relief Bill. 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xii. 193 Till he agreed to the hard conditions. 1907 Times 11 Oct. 16/5 After a long discussion, the manufacturers agreed to the minimum wage as existing in Bristol. 2010 Private Eye 28 May 20/3 The staff have voluntarily agreed to a compulsory 5 percent reduction in their salaries. d. intransitive. Without construction: to concede to some proposal or suggestion; to assent to a course of action; to acquiesce in some arrangement.In quot. 1851 in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [verb (intransitive)] consent?c1225 assent1297 vouchsafe13.. choosec1330 grant1340 to be consentedc1386 to be covined1393 apply1419 condescend1477 agreea1533 acconsent1560 acclaim1620 comply1672 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. N.v Thoughe fortune denie hym at one howre, yet at an other time, she agreeth. c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 37 I send you now the habeas corpora..and you must desier the sheriffe to serve it, yf so be that ye agre not. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 60 My wife..made daily motions for our home returne: Vnwilling I agreed . View more context for this quotation 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 24 He thinking no harm agreed. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 257 This was so just an Offer, that nothing could be fairer; so he agreed. 1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows i. xvii. 46 Austrian Metternich Can fix no yoke unless the neck agree. 1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat iv. 58 Harris..thought that he and George had better do the rest; and I agreed and sat down. 1909 T. H. Thompson Ballads about Business 91 ‘Come along with me to Southland,’ said my old mate then to me... I agreed. 2010 New Yorker 25 Oct. 72/2 He had asked the President to appoint a Coordinated Response Commander..and the President had agreed. †4. transitive (reflexive). To accede or consent to (also unto and without construction). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > consent or comply [verb (reflexive)] seema1300 consent1340 submita1387 endeigna1400 agree1421 greec1440 apply1482 condescend1489 1421 in T. Rymer Fœdera (1710) X. 162 (MED) If thay wol nat agre hem in no way unto the said Wages. 1447 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) i. 27 (MED) The whiche rule and commaundement the seid Maier and Comminalte fully aggreed ham..and were all redy to fulfille hit. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 84 (MED) The kynge hadde a-greed hym-self all to theire ordenaunce. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccvi. 461 Dame, I agre me well to your desyre. 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xlv I agree me to the graunt made to you. 5. transitive (in passive). With it as subject. To be acceded or resolved by mutual opinion, negotiation, or consent. With clause complement or infinitive phrase. ΚΠ 1430 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) IV. 36 It was agreed þat a prive seal be sent to þe Tresorer and Chamberleins to paie hym..a ml. li. a quarter. ?1469 Earl of Oxford in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 391 It is agreed..to deliuer the said Duchesse possession of the said seruice and palyng. 1552 J. Thomas in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1904) VI. 140 A Parle grew, in which it was agreed, that we the prisoners should be by them restored. 1654 Diary Corp. Reading (1896) VI. 535 It is agreed that one of the Chamberlens doe goe with her to viewe the roomths. 1702 R. Cocks Diary 27 Feb. in Parl. Diary (1996) 228 It was proposed to sell the reversion of the Crown lands..[and] it was agreed to bring in a bill not to alien them. 1793 H. Gwillim Bacon's New Abridgm. Law (ed. 5) V. 409 B refused to lend [money to A] for interest; but said that for rent or annuity he would; and so it was agreed. 1864 Museum 1 Oct. 272/2 It was agreed that the rector..should have £350 of salary. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 May 2/1 It is agreed to vote only for those names, and thus secure their return. 1920 Glasgow Herald 25 May 7 It is agreed that the meeting be conducted under English rules. 2008 Saving Cent. (Victorian Soc.) 23 It was agreed that part of the spire should be taken down. †6. intransitive. With to (also unto). To accede to another's opinion. Obsolete.Cf. to agree with at sense 9. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [verb (intransitive)] > to a person agree1526 concede1626 defer1686 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts v. 40 To him agreed the other [ Rhem., consented]. 1551 T. Cranmer Answer S. Gardiner 21 Cyril..agreed to Nestorius in the substaunce of the thing that was eaten. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 17 They were by no other meane brought to agree vnto him. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie A 199 To agree to one, or to be of his opinion. a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1644) ii. iv. §v. 104 [He says] life, because it is the gift of God may not be profused, but when we have agreed to him, that it may not be..prodigally cast away, how [etc.]. a1643 W. Cartwright Lady-errant iii. i, in Comedies (1651) sig. c2 I must not agree t'you, to pass by What you have said. III. Chiefly of two or more persons (as subject): to come to agreement, to settle something by agreement. 7. intransitive. To come to agreement or accord, make up one's differences; (also) to become friends with someone. Now rare.Sometimes with reference to Biblical usage (see quot. 1526).See also to kiss and agree at Phrases 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree/be in harmony/be congruous [verb (intransitive)] accord1340 cord1340 concordc1374 agree1447 to stand togetherc1449 rhyme?a1475 commonc1475 gree?a1513 correspond1529 consent1540 cotton1567 pan1572 reciprocate1574 concur1576 meet1579 suit1589 sorta1592 condog1592 square1592 fit1594 congrue1600 sympathize1601 symbolize1605 to go even1607 coherea1616 congreea1616 hita1616 piece1622 to fall in1626 harmonize1629 consist1638 comply1645 shadow1648 quare1651 atonea1657 symphonize1661 syncretize1675 chime1690 jibe1813 consone1873 the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > be friendly [verb (intransitive)] > become friendly agree1447 fadge1592 to hit it1634 cotton1648 to draw up1723 to hit it off1780 society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > become at peace with each other [verb (intransitive)] saughtel1154 saughtenc1275 peasec1300 saughta1400 reconcilec1425 agree1447 to make peace1535 to fall in1546 to piece up1653 to kiss and be friends1657 to kiss and make up1657 to make it up1669 to make it up1722 conciliate1747 1447–8 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) i. 27 (MED) Tochyng the grete maters yn variance..yf the parties myght so aggre and accorde at their comyng home. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes (1937) i. xx. 70 He aggreed and made peas Wyth the mayencyens. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. v. f. vj Agre with thine adversary at once..lest thine adversary delyvre the to the iudge. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV Introd. f. ii^v If you of your selfes will not agre I will not study how to agre you. a1661 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. G. Capriata Hist. Wars Italy (1663) xii. 444 The Duke [of Piedmont] was forced either to succumb to the King of Frence, or to agree with him. a1716 O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. xxvii. 260 To agree..with our Adversary while we are in the way to Judgement. 1829 Duke of Buckingham Priv. Diary II. 99 The Governor..forces them to agree, and make up their quarrels without going to law. 1834 Tracts for Times No. 61 He calls [him] back from the altar, and tells him first to agree with his brother, and then return in peace. 1922 Current Opinion 73 38 The Allies..advised us to agree with our enemy quickly, for..he appeared to be growing stronger and stronger. 8. a. intransitive. With on (also as to, †of, upon). To come to agreement on a matter or point; to settle something by agreement. ΚΠ 1480 Rec. Burgh Edinb. f. 37, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Agre Ilk man to haif his pairt thairof as it beis bocht, and gif they can nocht aggre thairvpon the said merchand sall sell his corne to fremen as he best may. ?1544 E. Allen tr. A. Alesius Auctorite Word of God sig. Aviii^v We must first agree of the nomber of the sacramentes..in the holy scripture. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales vi. vii. 131 To laye downe such things as they agree of. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. vii. 68 To let the meat coole, ere we can agree vpon the first place. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxiii. 125 Judges he himself agrees on. 1657 Sir C. Pack in T. Burton Diary (1828) II. 160 It will be hard for the Committee to agree of names. 1710 W. Hume Sacred Succession 382 What People..agree upon and determine..shall..have a very commanding Force. 1789 Deb. Congr. U.S. 28 Sept. (1834) 91 The managers appointed on the part of the Senate..reported that they could not agree on a report. 1804 Ann. Rev. & Hist. Lit. 1803 2 273 A convention has been agreed on relative to this subject. 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xii. 104 Terms of reconciliation were readily agreed on. 1911 J. Muir My First Summer in Sierra 108 No two cooks quite agree on the method of making beans. 2003 Isis 94 366/2 This said, one still needs to agree as to the definition and the contents of the Alphonsine Tables. b. intransitive. With infinitive or clause. To reach an agreement to do something, or that something should be done.Sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 3a where such agreement is reached by mutual concession, or through the accession of one or other party. ΚΠ a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xlv^v They agreed to reste there styll. 1570 G. Buchanan Chamæleon in Vernac. Writings (1892) 47 As thai aggreit to put doune the King. 1572 Lament Lady Scot. in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 248 Ȝe did aggre To crowne and place him in authoritie. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xiv. vi. 414 The Physicians had laid their heads togither, and agreed to give the Surrentine wine so great a name. 1676 J. Collins Let. Sept. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1986) XIII. 85 Dr Pell and one Mr Warner..agreed to make a table of Antilogarithmes. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xl. 67 They agreed to censure the corrupt management of justice and the finances. 1833 J. Flamank Treat. Happiness ix. 38 The Roman senate..agreed that the matter should be kept a profound secret. 1881 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Indian Affairs (U.S.) 10 They agreed to go as soon as the issue of beef..had been made. 1945 H. P. Samwell Infantry Officer with Eighth Army iv. 33 We had agreed that he should bring up Company H.Q...while I led the forward platoons. 1998 S. Dobyns Church of Dead Girls i. iv. 31 The faculty senate agreed to vote on the possibility of censure. †c. intransitive. To come to terms about the price of something; to bargain, negotiate, or contract for something. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xx. 2 And he agreed with the labourers for a peny a daye [ Wyclif, Rhem., made covenant]. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie A 199 They agree or consent as concerning the acte or deede: price etc. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 141 Pesterable wares which take a great deale of roome are excepted, and must be agreed for. 1669 S. Pepys Diary 1 Jan. (1976) IX. 405 To the cabinet-shops to look out, and did agree for a Cabinett to give my wife. 1705 Boston News-let. 2 Apr. 2/2 Those also who have a mind to encourage the..printing of the said publick News-Letter..are hereby Advertised..to agree with John Campbell..for the same. 1789 E. Butler Jrnl. 13 Oct. in E. M. Bell Hanwood Papers (1930) 199 So he went to the Lyon..which is a great Mortification to us who had agreed with Mr. Edwards for their board. 1808 J. Phillips et al. Crosby's Builder's New Price-bk. (ed. 12) 198 Bent glass, plate glass,..ground, or jealous glass, to be specially agreed for. 1878 Law Times Rep. 39 599/1 What shall be the differences between the prices agreed for and the prices at a future named day. IV. Of persons or things: to be in agreement; to correspond, coincide, harmonize. 9. To be in agreement as to particular points. a. (a) intransitive. Of a person: to concur with an opinion, statement, action, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > agree with [verb (transitive)] to go ineOE cordc1380 consentc1386 covin1393 condescend1477 agree1481 correspond1545 concur1590 to fall in1602 suffrage1614 to hit it1634 colour1639 to take with ——1646 to be with1648 to fall into ——1668 to run in1688 to think with1688 meet1694 coincide1705 to go in1713 to say ditto to1775 to see with ——1802 sympathize1828 1481 (a1470) J. Tiptoft tr. Cicero De Amicicia (Caxton) sig. c1^v I can not agree, with none. of thise thre opynyons, ne the fyrst of theym is trewe. 1581 P. Wiburn Checke or Reproofe M. Howlets Shreeching f. 36 You agree with these woordes of D. Thom. and apply all to..our noble Queene and this State. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 336 They did heartily agree with the sentence of the Lord, and a Petition was forthwith drawn up for them. View more context for this quotation 1753 E. Haywood Hist. Jemmy & Jenny Jessamy I. xxv. 270 Mr. Lovegrove reply'd, that he had the honour to agree with his lordship's sentiments in this point. 1781 E. Burke Let. 23 Mar. in Corr. (1844) II. 412 To know any man's story that you cannot agree with. 1869 J. R. Lowell Let. 15 Sept. (1932) 147 I entirely agree with what you said in the ‘Nation’—that the Guiccioli's book was a mere fetch. 1906 Racine (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 27 Nov. 12/2 The referee's word goes, but some ring men do not always agree with his decision. 2004 High Country News 19 July 20/2 How sad it is that so many people insist on shooting the messengers when they don't agree with what they read! (b) intransitive. To concur with another person that something is the case. Occasionally with †in (some matter). ΚΠ 1532 G. Hervet tr. Xenophon Treat. House Holde f. 51 You beinge the lerner do agre with me the techer, and ye haue shewed your opinion afore me. 1550 J. Harington tr. Cicero Bk. Freendeship f. 8^v I can in no wyse agree with them, whiche began of late to reason thus, that the soule dieth with the body. 1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 267 As to..its beginning, they agree with Ingulphus and Hoveden. 1744 J. Colson tr. P. van Musschenbroek Elements Nat. Philos. I. ix. 143 I cannot agree with those that affirm, that the attrition is increased whenever the rubbing surfaces are increased. 1783 M. Madan Five Lett. Abraham Rees v. 53 I do not agree with M. De Voltaire in many things; but I think that he has..truth on his side, when he says [etc.]. 1811 W. Scott Let. Sept. (1932) II. 543 I agree with you respecting the lumbering weight of the stanza. 1877 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (ed. 3) v. 102 Nobody supposes that the suitors in our courts agree with the judge when he decides against them. 1933 D. Thomas Let. Sept. (1987) 21 I can't agree with you that the majority of the Referee poems are good. 2010 Daily Tel. 19 July 22/1 My first reaction was to agree with the critic Stephen Bayley, who has deplored the..new approach. b. intransitive. Of two or more parties: to share the same opinion about something; to concur about, as to, in, on a matter; to be in agreement that something is the fact or case.Formerly also: †to agree something to be the fact or case (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > be in agreement [verb (intransitive)] accord1340 cordc1380 to be condescendedc1386 to be consentedc1386 consenta1400 intend1421 onec1450 drawc1480 to be of (also in) one (or a) mind?1496 agreea1513 gree?a1513 to draw by one string1558 conspire1579 to meet witha1586 conclude1586 condog1592 consign1600 hit1608 centre1652 to be of (another's) mind1717 to go all the way (also the whole way) with1829 to sing the same song1846 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. vii. f. vii The more partye of wryters agreen that he rulyd this Ile of Brytayne by the terme of .xl. yeres. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie A 199 The doctoures discent, or the authors doo not agree in this point. 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xv. viii. 542 The humanists cannot agree about the first city-founder. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxv. 44 There is one point in which they all agree. 1784 J. Potter Virtuous Villagers II. 23 We shall never agree on these points, so we'll drop them. 1868 S. Simon Church Redeemer 158 The creeds of the different Evangelical Churches agree as to fundamental..doctrines. 1887 Cent. Mag. Jan. 348/2 We agree that meteorites were once part of a comet..from ‘space’. 1919 Mediator 8 Aug. 12/1 The potato knisch is head and shoulders above the others in point of popularity. Max and Morris both agree on that. 1932 G. K. Zipf Sel. Stud. Relative Frequency in Lang. i. 4 All phoneticists agree about it; it is..evident to anyone listening to a native of Peking speak. 1991 Health & Fitness Jan. 30/3 Even they [sc. those who object] agree that a provocative image of a woman pulls in the punters. 2004 T. Botha Mongo Introd. 4 They all agree on one thing: New York can't be beat. c. transitive. With clause as object. Of two or more persons: to concur in (a matter, opinion). ΚΠ 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 33 The Beast was..large and tall, With..eyes of wall: I would say eye, for h' had but one, As most agree, though some say none. 1698 J. Crull tr. C. Dellon Voy. to E.-Indies 79 Seeing him [sc. a wild boar] at some distance, they agreed it would be best to let fly at him. 1706 D. Defoe Jure Divino i. 3 All Histories agree him to be a Tyrant. 1766 Jester's Mag. May 229/2 They agreed, it was a Pity he should be hang'd. 1862 M. Oliphant Chrons. Carlingford ix. 63 Everybody agreed it would be an admirable arrangement. 1932 C. Brooks Jrnl. 28 Oct. (1998) 40 Lil and I talked the matter over, and..agreed it would be better for me to ‘throw in my hand’. 2004 Philadelphia Inquirer 6 June h12/4 Both presidents, they agree, exude ‘arrogance’ in different ways. d. intransitive with object implied. Of two or more persons: to be in agreement, share an opinion about something. ΚΠ 1687 G. Clerke Let. 21 Nov. in I. Newton Corr. (1960) II. 498 I perceive we agree wel enough, but in a little verbality as you say. 1786 F. Burney Court Jrnls. & Lett. (2011) I. 266 He smiled a little provokingly, & said..; ‘We agree here, ma'am,—I think her innocent too!—’ ‘No, Sir, we do not agree !’ 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! I. i. 5 If we lose him, good-bye to England's luck, say I, and who don't agree, let him choose his weapons, and I'm his man. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt III. xxxv. 19 At last he said..‘I agree—I must have time.’ ‘Very well. It is a bargain.’ 1951 Bedford (Pa.) Gaz. 19 Sept. 1/3 ‘There are those who warn against viewing the atom as a magic weapon,’ he continued. ‘I agree.’ 1968 J. Wainwright Web of Silence 94 Jackson figures he's created a double-agent. We don't agree. 2002 Philadelphia Inquirer 15 Dec. a22/2 Some donors say the mayor won't take their calls, and he agrees... ‘I don't have a lot of [time]’. e. transitive. With direct speech or clause as object: to say by way of agreement; to remark or respond affirmingly. ΚΠ 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey V. vii. 75 ‘Yes, yes!’ agreed the Intendant, almost unable to articulate. 1881 C. E. L. Riddell Senior Partner III. vi. 139 ‘In all the time we have known each other, you have never come to see me before.’ ‘No,’ she agreed, glancing nervously around her. 1922 S. Lewis Babbitt xv. 194 ‘Oh, gosh, those were the days!’ Those, McKelvey agreed, were the days. 1972 K. Bonfiglioli Don't point that Thing at Me xiv. 122 ‘Bloody roadhog.’ ‘He might easily have done us a mischief,’ I agreed. 2003 I. Rankin Question of Blood (2004) ix. 175 ‘Sometimes I go for a headlock instead.’‘That's a good idea, changing your attack,’ Whiteread agreed. 10. a. intransitive. Without construction. Of two or more things: to coincide or correspond in character or nature; to be similar to or concur with each other; to correlate, tally, match.Cf. sense 17b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > correlate [verb (intransitive)] agree1487 correlate1742 intersphere1889 intercorrelate1970 interrelate1973 1487 W. Cely Let. 18 Sept. in Cely Lett. (1975) 236 A byll..of John Delowppys..as he sayth he hath payd, to see yff yowre rekenyng and hys agree. 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 7 Thinges which agree together: are equall the one to the other. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) v. ii. 1 At last..our iarring notes agree . View more context for this quotation 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. Ad Aul. xv. 292 He therefore sendeth for his Masters debtors forthwith; abateth them of their several sums, and makes the books agree. 1722 C. Wheatly Rational Illustr. Bk. Common Prayer (ed. 4) xv. 543 Thus far the Stories agree, but in what is behind they widely differ. 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity I. iii. 305 All the accounts sufficiently agree. 1825 W. Colburn Introd. Algebra ix. 53 [Substitute] a letter instead of the number; and after the result is obtained, put in the numbers again, and see if the answers agree. 1871 B. Stewart Heat (ed. 2) §70 The two scales agree almost exactly at 62° while they differ sensibly at 72°. 1936 Techn. Bull. (U.S. Dept Agric.) No. 506. 13 These descriptions should..be identical with those published earlier,..but do not agree exactly in several essentials. 1974 R. A. Barnett Linear Equations 30 The proof is quite straightforward: it is only necessary to show that the two sides [of the equation] agree when u=e, (j = i,.., n). 2004 T. H. Greer & G. Lewis Brief Hist. Western World (ed. 9) 162 Though the Gospels agree in general outline, they differ somewhat in their accounts of Jesus' personality and identity. b. intransitive. With with. Of one thing: to coincide with, be consistent with, another; to correspond with or match something else. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree, harmonize, or be congruous with [verb (transitive)] > be compatible or consistent with agree1493 1493 Tretyse of Loue (de Worde) sig. Aj/2 Do what ye wyll so it Agree wyth charite and all shall turne to your wele. a1500 in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 61 The buschell, halff a buschell [etc.]…the qwhyche mesures schuld agre w^t the kynge's standard. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. Prol. f. ii And cause it to agre with other olde storyes. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles ix. 18 Mistris, your choyce agrees with mine. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxv. 131 [They interpret the precept] according as it best agreeth with..actions they approve. 1654 J. Playford Breefe Introd. Skill Musick 30 Tune it [sc. the string] till it agree in sound with the Treble open. 1662 R. Boyle Def. Doctr. Spring & Weight of Air iii. 71 I find nothing that agrees not with my Hypothesis. 1738 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) I. 178 The expedition..cannot agree in time with the siege of Tyre. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. iii. xlvi. 306 To see that his accounts agree with those of the bank books. 1832 Edinb. Encycl. (U.S. ed.) II. 361/1 Division is proved by multiplying the quotient by the divisor;..if the result agrees with the dividend, the operation is inferred to be right. 1838 T. Macaulay in G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay (1876) II. i. 29 He looked about to see how my Horatius agreed with the topography. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. §14. 301 This quite agrees with the views now generally entertained. 1932 J. E. Malin Constr. Diagnostic Test High School Chem. 228 Do not accept the answer as correct unless it agrees with the answer..given in the key. 1984 P. Larking Let. 21 Mar. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 7 My calculator does not agree with yours..(does this mean I have been underpaid in the past?) 2000 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 23 May 1 Albertson said witnesses' accounts agreed with the accounts given by the two truck drivers. †c. intransitive. With to. To correspond or conform to something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > be similar [verb (intransitive)] > correspond answer?c1225 to run together?c1225 agreea1525 correspond1529 respond1563 quadrate1610 analogize1646 homologize1733 begin1862 a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 327 The xij artikillis aggreis to the xij prophettis. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark xiv. f. lxviij^v Thou arte of galile, and thy speache agreth therto [so Cranmer (1539), Geneva, 1611]. 1625 C. Burges New Discouery Personal Tithes 50 This Statute agreeth to the best English Canon Law. 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (xvii. 13 Annot.) 92/2 This perfectly agrees to the context. 1708 J. Swift Sentiments Church of Eng.-man ii, in Misc. (1711) 135 The Constitution of the English Government..to which the present Establishment of the Church doth so happily agree. 1725 I. Watts Logick iii. iii. §3 Animal is the proximate or nearest genus of bird, because it agrees to fewest other things. 1788 T. Reid Aristotle's Logic iv. §3. 77 It agrees to the rules of the figure..it is also agreeable to all the general rules. 11. intransitive. Grammar. Of a verb, adjective, etc.: to take the same number, gender, case, person, etc., as another element in the clause or sentence; to be in agreement with another element. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic relations > have syntactic relation [verb (intransitive)] > agree agreec1500 c1500 in D. Thomson Middle Eng. Grammatical Texts (1984) 187 The verbe shall agre w^t the fyrst person. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement Introd. 38 Adjectyves agre onely in gendre and nombre, but theyr verbes agre with theyr nominatyve cases in nombre and parsone. 1669 J. Milton Accedence 42 An Adjective with his Substantive..agree [th] in Gender and Case. 1711 J. Hunter New Method Teaching Latine Tongue 83 Prolepsis, which is a short way of Speaking, in which the Whole agrees with the Verb or Adjective, but not the Parts literally. 1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 94 When a disjunctive occurs between a singular noun..and a plural one, the verb is made to agree with the plural noun..as, ‘Neither poverty nor riches were injurious to him’. 1829 P. Bachi Gram. Ital. Lang. iv. i. 358 The verb agrees with the subjective, either expressed or understood, both in number and person. 1881 C. P. Mason Eng. Gram. §465 Pronouns must agree in gender, number, and person with the nouns for which they stand. 1991 Classical Q. 41 541 It agrees with a singular noun quite a long way back in the sentence. 2009 M. Rosenberg Daily Warm Ups! 57 In subject-predicate agreement, the noun and verb must agree in number... We are going to the movies... We is a plural pronoun and are going is a plural linking verb. 12. To be agreeable to, in harmony with; to suit the nature or character of. a. With with. (a) intransitive. Of a person, plant, etc.: to do well in, be conformable with (some environment, food, etc.). Now rare (Scottish in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > suit or be suitable for [verb (transitive)] > be suited to his or its environment, etc. agree1525 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. ciii. 301 To agree with the ayre not accustomed before. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 419/1 I agre with meate or drinke, I can away wit it. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 82 Lest the Tree Translated, should not with the Soil agree . View more context for this quotation 1716 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (ed. 4) II. 293 The Peeling is a lasting Apple, makes very good Cyder, agrees well with this Air, and is a good bearer. 1876 Garden 29 Apr. 415/1 Each of the three Cedars..agree so well with this climate, that it is impossible to exclude one of them from the most limited list. 1888 ‘S. Tytler’ Girl Neighbours ii. 39 Though the firs had got time enough to grow long after their planter was gone, they had not agreed with the soil. 1905 A. Warrack in Eng. Dial. Dict.: Suppl. 5/1 I don't agree with fresh herrings. (b) intransitive. Of food, climate, lifestyle, etc.: to suit the constitution of; to be healthy, suitable, or appropriate for (someone). Now often in negative constructions (cf. disagree v. 5).Occasionally in elliptical use, without complement (see quot. 1747). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > make healthy [verb (transitive)] > suit one's health agree1543 suit1814 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > suit or be suitable for [verb (transitive)] > suit a person agree1543 1543 J. Hales tr. Plutarch Preceptes Preseruacion Healthe sig. dviii It shalbe requisite then to fede on other meates, those that shall moste agree with the nature of the bodye. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V v. i. 25 It doth not agree with your stomacke, and your appetite, And your digestions, to eate this Leeke. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxiii. i. 153 The common sort may..drinke euery man what wine he liketh most, and findeth best to agree with him. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery x. 121 Some boil it in Milk, and is very good, where it will agree. 1785 E. Sheridan Let. in Betsy Sheridan's Jrnl. (1986) ii. 53 Both the Waters and the Bark which was prescribed for him in London agree perfectly with him. 1816 J. Austen Emma II. vii. 123 I am not fond of dinner-visiting... Late hours do not agree with us. 1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xvi. 126 She wondered whether the climate would agree with her. 1899 E. Nesbit Story of Treasure Seekers xi. 112 Alice asked him to have some more... ‘No, thank you, miss,..it's my favourite wine, but it doesn't agree with me.’ 1939 L. Bromfield It takes all Kinds 385 ‘I live like a fisherman.’.. ‘I must say,’ she said, ‘it seems to agree with you.’ 1972 S. W. Olds & M. S. Eiger Compl. Bk. Breastfeeding 25 Q. Suppose my milk doesn't agree with the baby? A. Breast milk agrees with every baby. 2003 M. Schneider Writing my Way through Cancer ix. 98 I was also worried in case I..would have to take antibiotics which I've avoided for years. They don't agree with me at all. †b. intransitive. With to. To be suitable to, appropriate to, consonant with. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > be suitable, appropriate, or suit [verb (intransitive)] fayc1300 sita1393 applya1450 fadec1475 frame?1518 agree1534 compete?1541 fadge1578 suit1589 apt1596 suit1601 quadrate1670 gee1699 1534 W. Marshall tr. Erasmus Playne & Godly Expos. Commune Crede iii. f. 55 The name of a lorde, how is it agreynge to Christe: as touchynge to his diuyne nature? ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iii. sig. Lij Other maner of byndynge..proprely agreeth to depe woundes. 1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 153/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II He was interred in all honorable maner, as to his estate did agree. 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iii. viii. 196 The power of Ecclesiasticall jurisdiction doth no more agree to the King, then the power of Ecclesiasticall order. 1662 H. More Antidote against Atheism (ed. 3) ii. ii. 45 in Coll. Philos. Writings (ed. 2) That Hypothesis..which will agree universally to the Aire. 1671 J. Webster Metallographia i. 15 Reason agreeth thereto. 1713 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous iii. 138 To know every thing knowable is certainly a perfection; but to..feel any thing by sense, is an imperfection. The former..agrees to God, but not the latter. 13. intransitive. Often with with, together. To coexist in harmony; to act in unison; to concur in opinions, feelings, behaviour, etc.; to live or work together without conflict. Also figurative. Now somewhat archaic.See also two of a trade can never (also seldom) agree at Phrases 3a, birds in their little nests agree at Phrases 3b. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > be in concord [verb (intransitive)] accord1340 intend1421 gree?a1513 agree?1543 to see eye to eye1747 ?1543 tr. Erasmus Sileni Alcibiadis sig. C.iiii One kynseman agreeth not with another, nor one relygyon as they nowe call it I. with another. 1545 J. Bale Mysterye Inyquyte P. Pantolabus f. 23 As moche agre they .ii. in one veyne of speakynge, as doth fyre and water, which be of a contrarye nature. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. ii. 95 How doost thou and thy Master agree, I haue brought him a present; how gree you now? View more context for this quotation 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. xi. 58 These cities..agreed so well together, that they were called sisters. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xix. 438 It is probable that in Noahs Ark the wolf agreed with the lambe. 1648 Mercurius Pacificus 2 The Devils in one Hell..agreeing together like their agents and working tools here on earth. a1720 W. Bartlet Passover Consider'd (1747) 69 A tost fluctuating World, where the very jarring Elements can't agree together, and much less the jarring Inhabitants. 1740 P. Pineda New Dict., Spanish & Eng. (new ed.) at To agree Fools cannot agree together, los locos no convién. 1808 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems (ed. 2) 37 And where they once agreed, to cavil now. 1843 Mrs. Paxton Veil Lifted 81 He had only to remind the other of the nature of their friendship, which he accordingly did. ‘Friends agree best separate, sir.’ 1914 D. H. Lawrence Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd iii. 70 We agreed well enough except when he drank like a fish and came home rolling. 1977 P. O'Brian Mauritius Command 50 Clonfert and the Admiral agreed well together—they were both seen walking about London wearing Oriental robes. 14. intransitive. With with. To approve of something with regard to its moral correctness. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > approve of, accept, or sanction [verb (transitive)] loveeOE underfoc1000 underfong?c1225 undertakea1250 provec1300 allowa1325 favour1340 approvec1380 seem?c1450 conprovec1503 avow1530 rectify1567 annuate1585 to be for1590 sancite1597 improve1603 applauda1616 acclamate1624 resenta1646 own1649 comprobate1660 sanction1797 likea1825 approbate1833 to hold with (arch. of, on, for)1895 agree1900 endorse1914 condone1962 1900 National Liberal Federation: Proc. 22nd Ann. Meeting 57 Mr. Burn said he rose to protest against the indiscreet speeches made by those who did not agree with the war. 1964 Chicago Defender 11 July 5/3 I don't agree with violence, but it is not senseless. 1968 Guardian 22 Mar. 20/3 I for one agree with capital punishment for these criminals. 1991 Irish Times 18 July 2/6 It's an opportunity for the Irish communities in London to rally round and show that the vast majority of people don't agree with terrorism. 2010 J. Bringle Reprod. Rights iv. 77 Part of reproductive rights is having the right to choose, and that means you can choose not to agree with abortion. V. To bring into agreement, make harmonious. 15. transitive. To arrange or settle (something requiring the consent of several parties); to come to an agreement on.In modern use chiefly British. Apparently rare in the 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] > in concert agree1523 consult1555 concert1581 preconcert1709 the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement with [verb (transitive)] > make conclude or seal (an agreement) binda1300 smitec1330 takec1330 ratify1357 knitc1400 enter1418 obligea1522 agree1523 conclude1523 strike1544 swap1590 celebrate1592 rate?1611 to strike up1646 form1736 firm1970 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. 86 Whan that this sayde trewse was agreed. 1658–9 Neville in T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 194 If you leave it without agreeing the security. 1679 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Reformation: 1st Pt. 586 The king sent Sir Ralph Sadler to him, to agree the marriage. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 562 He had agreed a match for him with his brother the Duke of Zell for his daughter. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 186 Did I for this agree The solemn Truce? 1897 Times Law Rep. 13 482/2 He had no more power to agree the price than to enter into a formal contract. 1928 Britain's Industr. Future (Liberal Industr. Inq.) 140 These councils should have the power to agree factory rules. 1959 Bookseller 13 June 1982/1 The Russians have agreed a wide list of categories. 1992 Holiday Which? Mar. 84/2 Tipping is a way of life in Egypt—and so is haggling. Agree a price before getting into a vehicle. 2007 C. Elliott & F. Quinn Eng. Legal Syst. (ed. 8) iv. xxiv. 549 This does not stop retrials being ordered where the jury has failed to agree a verdict. †16. transitive. To make (persons) well-disposed towards each other; to reconcile. Also: to cause (a person) to be reconciled with another. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > bring to peace (strife or discord) [verb (transitive)] > reconcile (people) seema1000 saughtc1000 saughtela1122 accordlOE i-sehtnec1175 saughtenc1175 to bring, make, set at onec1300 peasec1300 reconcilec1390 corda1400 pacifyc1500 agree1530 reconciliate1539 gree1570 atone1597 compose1597 even1620 to build bridges1886 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 619/2 I make at one, I agre folkes that were fallen out. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 270/2 in Chron. I His cousin..the whiche trauayled to agree him with the king. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 34/1 To agree the kyng and the Pope. c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 82 The dayes men cannot agre us. 1655 J. Jennings tr. J.-P. Camus Elise 86 The governour, desirous to agree them, had straitly forbid them fighting. 1689 in W. H. L. Melville Leven & Melville Papers (1843) 151 Overturs to aggry the king and thes heroes. 17. †a. transitive. To bring (things that differ) into harmony. Also: to reconcile or arrange (a difference or disagreement). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree, harmonize, or be congruous with [verb (transitive)] > bring into agreement or harmony concile1398 commune1423 agree1532 concord1548 conciliate1573 square1578 concent1596 tally1607 to wind up1608 accommodate1609 adjust1611 conform1646 reconcilea1672 attune1744 harmonize1767 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndales Answere i. p. li Ryght specyall cases, & those be very few,..yet wyll Tyndale agre them. 1572 Lament. Lady Scotl. in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 247 To aggre this ciuile difference. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iv. sig. P5^v Some troublous vprore Whereto he drew in hast it to agree. 1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants i. iii. §7. 130 Meanes of agreeing differences are either Rationall..or voluntary. 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Gothick Warre i. 16 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian Having agreed the War with the Francks. 1706 R. Estcourt Fair Example v. i. 69 Do but agree the matter between you. 1785 T. Jefferson Corr. 14 Aug. in Wks. (1859) I. 381 His difference with the Dutch is certainly agreed. 1830 Let. in Examiner 29 Aug. 547/1 The prefect..came out and agreed the matter quietly among them. 1891 Accountant 17 382/1 When the parties of the suit..have agreed their differences, application is made to the Court. b. transitive. Accounting and Bookkeeping. To reconcile or balance (discrepant amounts, accounts, books, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > keep accounts [verb (transitive)] > add up and ascertain differences > balance or reconcile strike1539 sald1588 rescounter1606 even1619 balance1622 level1660 square1815 reconcile1822 agree1882 cash1960 1882 Jrnl. Inst. Bankers 3 95 It is not generally found practicable to agree the amounts [of the cheques] during the progress of the work. 1897 F. W. Pixley Profession Chartered Accountant iii. 53 They take out and agree the figures of the trial balance..for the partners, the executors, or the private client. 1922 F. W. Pixley Accountant's Dict. I. 269/2 An amount which represents the difference on exchange..is inserted in Paris account current in the London books..to agree the accounts. 2001 S. H. Weil & F. A. Noi Introd. Accounting Skills (2004) v. 152 [The company] will need to enter this payment..in order to agree the balance of its bank account with the bank statement. Phrases P1. to kiss and agree: to make up after a quarrel or disagreement. Cf. to kiss and make up at kiss v. 6k. Now rare (regional in later use). ΚΠ 1607 G. Wilkins Miseries Inforst Mariage i. sig. B3 Come kisse, and agree, Your friends haue thought it fit, and it must be. 1823 T. Carlyle Let. 6 Apr. (1908) I. 191 Each quarrel to last for fifteen minutes at the utmost, then we to kiss and agree and be better friends than ever. a1861 E. B. Browning Poet. Wks (1897) 290 In the name of the white child waiting for me In the death-dark where we may kiss and agree. P2. to agree to disagree (also differ): to cease to argue about something as a result of accepting that neither party will compromise or be persuaded; to give up trying to convince each other. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [verb (intransitive)] > agree to disagree to agree to disagree1699 1699 R. Ferguson Just & Modest Vindic. Scots Design 202 If we..agree to differ in Religious Matters of less Importance, we might thereupon possibly better accord. 1769 J. Gill Body Doctrinal Divinity II. ii. 302 They..agree to differ..and not charge one another with unsoundness and heterodoxy. 1775 J. Wesley Let. 3 Nov. (1931) VI. 186 If the worst comes, we can agree to disagree. 1810 S. T. Coleridge Friend 15 Mar. 440 His Lordship and Sir Alexander Ball had ‘agreed to differ’. 1925 A. Huxley Those Barren Leaves v. iv. 369 There we must agree to differ. But even if it is impossible to get at reality, the fact that reality exists..surely shows [etc.]. 2007 N. Rosen How to live Off-grid vi. 248 I would rather agree to disagree and let the majority get on with it, as long as my objections are noted. P3. In proverbial phrases (from sense 13). a. two of a trade can never (also seldom) agree: competitors in the same field cannot work together without conflict or rivalry. ΚΠ 1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton Honest Whore ii. 154 It is a common rule, and 'tis most true, Two of one trade never loue.] 1673 E. Ravenscroft Careless Lovers sig. A2^v Two of a Trade can seldome agree. 1727 J. Gay Fables I. xxi. 72 In ev'ry age and clime we see, Two of a trade can ne'er agree. 1836 S. I. Mahoney Six Years Monasteries Italy 170 It is a common saying, ‘two of a trade can never agree’... The Augustinian hates the Carmelite, the Carmelite the Augustinian, the Augustinian the Dominican. 1907 Country Life 29 Dec. 958/1 The magpies drove the jays away—for the reason, we may suppose, that ‘two of a trade never agree’. 2005 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 8 Mar. 31 This hatred between despotic regimes and terrorist groups was an example of the old saying that ‘two of a trade never agree’. b. birds in their little nests agree and variants: (often as a direction) children, esp. siblings, should not argue among themselves.After the nursery proverb by Isaac Watts (see quot. 1715). ΚΠ 1715 I. Watts Divine Songs for Children Song xvii. 25 Birds in their little Nests agree; And 'tis a shameful Sight, When Children of one Family Fall out, and chide, and fight. 1840 D. Grant Duty of Children 41 Whilst the little birds agree in their nests..should not children agree, and love one another? 1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. i. 10 ‘Birds in their little nests agree,’ sang Beth, the peace-maker, with such a funny face that both sharp voices softened to a laugh. 1961 J. Steinbeck Winter of our Discontent i. 7 ‘Birds in their little nests agree,’ he said. ‘So why can't we?.. You kids can't get along even on a pretty morning.’ 1991 R. Doyle Van (1992) 79 Birds in their little nest, said Bertie.—Wha' abou' them? said Paddy.—They agree, said Bertie.—Righ'? P4. I couldn't agree more (with someone) (usually the person addressed): ‘I am in complete agreement’; ‘I share your (or his or her) opinion in every respect’. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > agreement [phrase] it is a match!1569 that's right1608 true for you1765 how right you are1799 them's my sentiments1847 I should think (suppose, etc.)1861 right you are!1862 sure thing1895 you said it1911 with knobs on1930 you can say that again1932 I should coco1936 I couldn't agree more (with someone)1939 that makes two of us1956 yes please2010 1939 Times 27 Sept. 6/3 Sir—I could not agree more with what Miss Tennyson Jesse says in her letter of September 19 regarding evacuated children. 1942 J. B. Priestley Black-out in Gretley viii. 185 ‘I couldn't agree with you more,’ he said, grinning. 1960 L. Cooper Accomplices ii. i. 77 You think it's a nasty cold-blooded business..? I couldn't agree more. 1991 Moneywise Sept. 2/2 I could not agree with you more about ‘get rich quick schemes’... You simply cannot tell which of the many schemes are legitimate. 2009 Daily Tel. 10 Apr. 27/5 I could not agree more with Neil McCormick's excellent articles about the ubiquitousness of unavoidable ‘musak’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † agreeadv. Forms: late Middle English agre, late Middle English agree. Origin: Probably a borrowing from French. Etymon: French a gré. Etymology: Probably < Anglo-Norman and Middle French a gré (French à gré ) willingly, kindly (c1174 in Anglo-Norman; 1268 or earlier in Anglo-Norman in prendre a gré to accept as a favour) < a to, at (see a- prefix⁵) + gré gree n.² Perhaps reinforced by association with adverbs in a- prefix³; compare en-gree adv. and earlier in gree, at gree, etc. at gree n.² 1b.For a possible later example of this adverb compare c1475 at agree n. Obsolete. Pleasantly, kindly. to take agree: to take kindly or in good part. Cf. in gree at gree n.² 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > [adverb] at, to greec1374 in greec1374 agreea1425 so best1602 favourably1655 approvingly1837 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > favour > win favour with [verb (transitive)] > favour to let well ofc1330 favour1340 to take, accept, receive in greec1374 likea1393 smilec1400 to take agreea1425 agreec1450 to fawn on, upon1477 to bear good mind toa1516 to look upon ——c1515 to look on ——1540 vouchsafe1582 conceit1589 relish1594 to look to ——1611 impatronize1629 aspect1663 sympathize1828 to put one's money on1847 the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adverb] > so as to content or satisfy > to one's satisfaction to one's willOE a-willc1275 at a person's willc1300 fillc1300 to payc1300 at, to greec1374 with or upon one's wish or wishes1390 agreea1425 at wisha1525 to (one's) wish (rarely wishes)1586 to one's heart's content1600 wishfully1607 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adverb] > with agreeable manner > kindly or in good part agreeably?c1400 agreea1425 amiably1753 a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 4349 Whom Ine [read I ne] fonde froward ne felle But toke a gree all hool my play. a1450 (?1420) J. Lydgate Temple of Glas (Tanner) (1891) l. 1085 Boþe ȝe and I mekeli most abide To take agre [a1456 BL Add. in gree], & not of oure disease To grucch agein. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1475v.a1413adv.a1425
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