agreedadj.
/əˈɡriːd/, U.S. /əˈɡrid/ 1. Of two or more parties: that are at one on a particular matter; being in agreement; holding the same view or opinion (about, †in, †of, on something). Chiefly in predicative use.Frequently (and earliest) in legal contexts: having made a mutual contract or agreement: cf. earlier agreement n. 1.
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1409 in M. Sellers York Memorandum Bk. (1915) II. 177 No man of the sayd crafte sall procure..no custumer..unto the tyme..that thai be fully accorded and agreed of all rekenyng.
1452 in T. Sharp Diss. Pageants Coventry (1825) 15 These men above writen wer acordid & agreed..That Thom's Colclow..shull have [etc.].
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xxxvii. f. xlvv/2 Well quod orthon and sythe thou wylte haue me we are agreed.
1589 J. Janes Third Voy. J. Davis in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. sig. K2v Our Captaine..determined..[not] to returne with..disgrace, and so being all agreed, wee purposed to..die together.
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 125 Are you all agreed Lords? View more context for this quotation
1659 Starkey in T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 353 We are agreed of the substance.
1725 I. Watts Logick i. ii. 22 Tho' they are not all agreed in this Enumeration of Elements.
1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. iii. 29 In the two next articles I think we are agreed.
1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) iv. 47 He and I were never agreed about matters of that kind.
1866 A. Crump Pract. Treat. Banking v. 100 The tenor [of foreign bills]..may be extended to almost any period, provided the parties thereto are agreed.
1906 Ohio Circuit Court Rep. 7 113 The arbitrators in their award had fixed the share that each one of the agreed parties should pay.
1919 Surg., Gynecol. & Obstetr. 29 201 Amputation..is a point..on which most surgeons are agreed.
2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 July 11/2 There is not one coherent plan, but all are agreed that a fully reusable launcher is needed.
2. † a. Of a person: pleased, satisfied, contented. Obsolete. to be agreed of: to be satisfied with.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > [adjective] > pleased or filled with pleasure
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likinga1387
agreed1417
pleasured1600
gratified1818
made-up1946
the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adjective]
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1417 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 290 (MED) Wherof we hald vs wel agreed [and desires] liueree of his temporaltees [to him after his consecration].
1418 King Henry V in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 64 That thier be taaken dewe accomptes of..how many dayes he haath stande in oure..seruice, and therupon that he be contented and agreed in the best wyse as longeth vn to hym.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xlvii. l. 198 Thanne the kyng Agreed he was Of the veniawnce In that plas.
b. That has acceded to some proposal or suggestion; that has assented in, to some matter, or to do something. Also without complement. Now rare (archaic and regional in later use).
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1426 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) III. 184 (MED) He is agreed to sende from him notable part of his meyne þat he is nowe accompaignyed with.
?1461 R. Calle in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 345 If ye wol haue her hom to you for a seacon..my mast[r]e is agreed.
a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Hi Syrs I am agreed to abyde your ordenaunce.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) f. C.xxx Than the kyng..sayd,..I am agreed let it be done as ye haue sayd.
1646 Kingdomes Weekly Intelligencer No. 158. 178 We received letters that Worcester was agreed to surrender upon Thursday next.
1749 R. Rolt Impartial Representation Conduct Sever. Powers Europe II. iii. ii. 128 The vice admiral..was agreed in the expediency of holding a general council of war.
1854 W. L. Garrison Let. 1 Sept. (1976) 312 He says we must leave every thing in your hands (in which I am agreed).
1887 H. Pyle Wonder Clock xvi. 206 Well, that suited the poor brother, and he was agreed to do as the other said.
1903 ‘M. Twain’ $30,00-Bequest vi. 32 ‘Retire from business?’ ‘That's it.’ ‘I am agreed. The good work is finished.’
1966 S. O'Sullivan Folktales Ireland (1968) ii. xiii. 51 ‘I'm agreed to that,’ said the eldest. ‘And I,’ said the second... They were delighted with what she had arranged.
3. Arranged or settled by mutual consent.
a. Without construction.
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1432 in Paston Lett. (1904) II. 35 The said Erle desireth that..he may..stande freely descharged of the saide occupacion... Responsio. It is agreed as it is desired.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cix The finall conclusion taken, concorded, and agreed betwene his noble brother kyng, Henry the fifth, and kyng Charles, the v.
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 121 It stands agreed..by all voyces. View more context for this quotation
1640 Bp. J. Hall Christian Moderation i. 31 Retired to an agreed solitarinesse.
1734 A. Pope Ess. Man: Epist. IV 209 Heroes are much the same, the point's agreed.
1806 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 4 256 The best standard is not yet agreed.
1857 M. Hopkins Handbk. Average 140 The warranty..gives to the assured [person]..only that portion of the loss which exceeds the agreed limit.
1920 Act 10 & 11 George V c. 11 § 1 So long as the tenant continues to pay rent at the agreed rate.
2008 Daily Express (Nexis) 31 May 1 Cutting fuel duty..when crude oil surges beyond an agreed price.
b. With on, upon; occasionally also †for, to.
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1546 S. Gardiner Declar. True Articles f. xcv That god doth ministre speciall grace,..it is agreed on with you.
1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 308 To keep account of the time agreed upon for his service.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxv. 125 To be judged by men agreed on by Consent.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 369 To take Leave of them, and receive her agreed-on Portion.
1774 B. Franklin & G. Whately Princ. Trade 29 He has it at an agreed-for price.
1882 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. 231 The proceeds..are..distributed according to conditions previously agreed on.
1903 Westm. Gaz. 6 July 2/3 It is to be done now by Sir Squire Bancroft, as an agreed-to referee by all parties.
1966 T. Marill & L. G. Roberts in Proc. AFIPS Conf. 29 428/1 A uniform agreed-upon manner of exchanging messages between two computers.
2000 Business Day (S. Afr.) 28 Jan. 1/3 A media release agreed on by both sides.
4. In predicative use. Brought into harmony or mutual accord; united in thoughts, feelings, etc. Now rare.
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society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > [adjective] > not at variance
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one-hearted?1584
undistracteda1649
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope vii. f. cxlij There was in a certayne towne a wydower wowed a wydowe for to..wedde her to his wyf, and at the last they were agreed.
a1500 Sir Degrevant (Cambr.) (1949) l. 1785 Giff ȝe holde vs a gret, Shall I neuer ete mete.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xcii. 296 Wolde to god that he and I were at accordement & agreed.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Amos iii. A Maye twaine walke together excepte they be agreed amonge them selues?
1739 H. Baker & J. Miller tr. Molière Blunderer v. vii, in Wks. Molière 161 Thy..jargon is needless, I tell thee, for we are agreed, and his Generosity obliges me.
1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows ii. ix. 100 Our Tuscans..rising up agreed And bold.
1873 Canad. Monthly Nov. 417/2 Were you two agreed? Did you love each other?
1904 Temple Bar 130 106 ‘You seek a quarrel,’ he said... ‘I want us to be agreed, to think alike.’
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a1500 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Adv.) in W. B. D. D. Turnbull Visions of Tundale (1843) 113 Vnto God I sey in sothenes Above all this agreed is hur mekenes.
6. As a response to a proposal or statement: consented to, conceded, accepted; ‘I agree’.
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the mind > language > statement > assent > [adjective] > expression of
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1534 J. Heywood Play of Loue sig. Bi Loued not louyng. We shall neuer agre Unlesse ye wyll admyt some man..to..gyue iudgement. Louer not loued. Agred.
1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor iv. ix. sig. I4v Mat. Why here comes his man, lets speake to him. Bob. Agreed, do you speake. View more context for this quotation
1691 W. Mountfort Greenwich-Park ii. iii. 22 La. Haz. I think we had better Dance at Home... Sir Tho. Agreed, then we'll first to Supper.
1757 C. Arnold Osman iv. vi. 83 Third Janizary. Demand the Vizier's, And Preceptor's Heads... Omnes. Agreed, agreed, agreed.
1797 R. Southey Botany Bay Eclogues in Poems 83 Suppose we leave awhile this stubborn soil, To eat our dinner and to rest from toil. Agreed. Yon tree..Forms with its shadowy boughs a cool retreat.
1890 Rev. of Reviews 2 357/1 It is not all humbug. Agreed, agreed! It is probably a case of half-and-half.
1976 R. G. Athearn Union Pacific Country 54 The editor [of the Commercial Advertiser] labeled the work the greatest undertaking of Western civilization. Agreed, said the World.
2005 N. Hornby Long Way Down 81 ‘And I wasn't with other TV presenters.’ ‘Or perverts,’ said Jess. ‘No. Agreed. I was on my own.’
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agreed syllabus n. British Education a non-denominational religious education syllabus agreed on by local education authorities for teaching in state schools.
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1924 Times 2 Jan. 15/4 One of these reports suggested..an agreed syllabus of religious instruction for both classes of schools.
1984 St. J. A. Robilliard Relig. & Law 153 The agreed syllabus. In Cambridge in 1924 a group of Anglicans, Freechurchmen and teachers met and drew up an ‘agreed syllabus’ of the content of religious education for all state schools in the area.
1990 ACE Bull. Sept. 11/2 The LEA's agreed syllabus for RE.
2000 J. Backus in A. Wright & A.-M. Brandom Learning to teach RE ii. iii. 42 In order to plan the curriculum, you will need to consult the Agreed Syllabus for RE currently in use in your school.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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