green.1
/ɡriː/ Obsolete exc. Scottish.† 1. † b. canticle or song of grees: ‘Song of Degrees’, ‘Gradual Psalm’ (see gradual adj. 5). Obsolete.† 2. figurative. A step or stage in a process, etc., esp. one in an ascending or descending scale; = degree n. 2. Obsolete.† 3. A ‘step’ in direct line of descent; a degree of relationship; = degree n. 3 greis defendant (Scottish): forbidden degrees. Obsolete.† 4. A stage or position in the scale of dignity or rank; relative social or official rank, grade, order, estate, or station; = degree n. 4. In quot. ?c1450, a rank or class of persons. Obsolete.† 6. A degree, step, or grade in intensity or amount; = degree n. 6. Obsolete.† 7. In medieval physics: = degree n. 6c. Obsolete.† 8. An academical degree; = degree n. 7a. Obsolete.† 9. Geometry (Astronomy, Geography, etc.) The unit of the sexagesimal measurement of angles or circular arcs; = degree n. 9.
a. A step in an ascent or descent; one of a flight of steps; = degree n. 1. In quots. 1303, 1382, a flight of steps. Obsolete.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > flight of steps
gree1303
grece1382
grecesa1400
ascendant1548
stairs1585
gradatory1661
staircase1670
risec1702
flight1703
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > flight of steps > a step
stepc825
degreec1290
gree1303
stridea1400
grece1448
stair?1473
footstep1549
grade1698
stepping-stone1837
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 1562 She was beryyde, as fyl to be, Be syde an auter before þe gre.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Neh. viii. 4 Esdras scribe stod vpon a treene gree [a1425 L.V. the grees of tree], the whiche he hadde maad to speken in [a1425 L.V. theron].
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) viii. 31 By syde þe hie awter er iiii greez to gang vp at to þe toumbe of alabastre.
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 463 Thre grees or iiij is up thereto to go.
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 59 She stey up from gre to gree.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 73/2 A trone of yuorye..whiche had vi grees or stappes.
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos i. B ij b The brasen grees afore the dores dyd mount.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 25 One onely ascent, by which hardly one by one can passe up, and that with a labour by grees or steps.
a1688 J. Wallace Descr. Orkney (1693) 44 Bishop Stewart enlarged it [the Cathedral Church] to the East, all above the Grees.
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society > faith > worship > church music > psalm > kinds of psalm > 120 to 134 > [noun]
quinzièmesa1325
canticle or song of grees1382
gradual psalms1656
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > psalm > specific psalm
miserere?c1225
Venite?c1225
invitatory psalma1340
canticle or song of grees1382
invitory1483
cantatea1563
jubilate1706
1382 J. Wyclif Psalms cxix. [cxx.] (heading) The song of grees [1388 greces].
a1420 Wyclif's Bible, Ps. 2nd Prol. The canticlis of grees ben in noumbre of fiftene.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 273 b/2 Thou gauest to me syngyng the cantycle of grees sharpe arowes and cooles wastyng.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > a stage in a process or development
degreec1230
greea1340
steadc1370
pointc1475
nick1649
stadium1669
notch1670
grade1796
step1811
milestone1820
way station1863
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxix. 1 He herd me, settand me in greis of steghynge.
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 269 Þe grees of cunnynge and joie here must nedis passe.
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 471 Ther humour is ek erth and ayer wel warme, That fruyt to fruyt fro gre to gre succedith.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Trial of Fox l. 804 in Poems (1981) 34 It followis weill be ressoun naturall, And gre be gre off richt comparisoun, Off euill cummis war, off war cummis werst of all.
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid vi. Prol. 97 As he tuichis greis seir in pane, In blis, elykwys sindry stagis puttis he.
?1591 R. Bruce Serm. Sacrament i. sig. E3 The first gree of preparation stands in contrition.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [noun] > a line of descent > degree in descent
kneec1000
greec1315
generationa1387
degreea1400
descent1538
descendancy1603
remove1741
family tree1752
c1315 Shoreham 69 The sibbe mowe to-gadere nauȝt The foerthe grees wythinne.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 409 Nigh kyn þey wil bee Þey he passe an hondred gree.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 1464 Iareth þat was þe .v. gree [Vesp. kne] fra Seth.
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. ix. xxvii. 56 He and he Wes evynlike in toþir Gre.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 112 He him self wes narrest to thair croun, Fra Dioneth the fourt grie cuming doun.
1571 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxvii. 100 Kin of Kingis discendit grie be gre.
1617 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. III. 424 He was within greis-defendant with the Hous of Bass.
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society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > distinction of class > level or grade
mannishOE
placec1330
state1340
gree1382
conditionc1384
sectc1384
sortc1386
ordera1400
raff?a1400
degreea1425
countenancec1477
faction?1529
estate1530
race1563
calibre1567
being1579
coat1579
rang1580
rank1585
tier1590
classis1597
strain1600
consequence1602
regiment1602
sept1610
standinga1616
class1629
species1629
nome1633
quality1636
sort1671
size1679
situation1710
distinction1721
walk of life1733
walk1737
stage1801
strata1805
grade1808
caste1816
social stratum1838
station1842
stratum1863
echelon1950
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xl. 13 Pharao..schal restore thee to the bifore had gree.
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Dido. 1313 She..profreth him to be His thral, his servant in the leste gree.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 208/2 Gre, or worthynesse, gradus.
a1450 MS Bodl. 779 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1889) 82 402 He ordeyned þat ech man þat prest wolde be scholde vndirfong þe ordres fro gre to gre—wit-oute lope & defaute þat þey I-taken were.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4901 Þai spared na elde na gre.
1493 Festivall (1515) 7 To understande all the grees Of ye worlde.
1520 Chron. Eng. iv. f. 38/2 He ordeyned that he that was worthy sholde ascende gree by gree to his ordre, fyrst benet, than colet, subdecon, deacon, and than preest.
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 407 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 107 All gretest of gre.
a1555 D. Lindsay Tragedie in Dialog Experience & Courteour (1559) sig. Sii Gre by gre, vpwarte I did ascende Swa that in to this realme, did neuer ryng So gret one man as I, vnder ane kyng.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. July f. 29 He is a shepheard great in gree.
a1592 R. Greene Hist. Orlando Furioso (1594) sig. G3v Proude that thou art, I recke not of thy gree.
5. Pre-eminence; superiority; mastery; victory in battle; hence, the prize for a victory. to bear, get, have, take, win the gree. Now Scottish.
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society > armed hostility > victory > [noun]
siȝec893
masteryc1225
conquestc1315
gree1320
victoryc1330
victor1390
victory1398
battlec1400
triumphc1412
masterdomc1475
victoragec1480
V1941
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [noun]
overhandc1175
masteryc1225
gree1320
betc1330
pricea1350
advantagea1393
overmasterya1400
voicea1400
betterc1405
higherc1450
prevaila1460
superiority1548
mastership1573
prevalence1604
eminence1609
privilegea1616
prevalency1623
upper fortunea1625
whipping-hand1682
whip hand1806
1320–30 Horn Ch. 319 That day Horn the turnament wan..He toke the gre, that was a swan.
13.. Sir Beues (E.) 3769 + 4 A turnement sche haþ don crye..for to see, What knyȝt ys to han þe gree.
c1330 Horn Child l. 462 in J. Hall King Horn (1901) 184 At iustes & at turnament..Euer þai gat þe gre.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxi. 103 The gree ȝut hath he geten for alle hus grete wondes.
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1873 Duc Theseus leet crye To stynten al rancour and enuye The gre as wel of oo syde as of oother.
1470–80 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur vi. vii The gree was gyuen to kynge Bagdemagus.
1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. cviii. 90 In this bataylle..the gree of the felde [was] left with the danoys.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. ii. 52 Quha best on fute can ryn lat se, To preif his pith, to wersill, and beir the gre.
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 448 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 109 To Iames lord dowglas yow ye gre gaif To ga with ye kingis hart.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. xix. ix. 198 Prayand to god that he micht haue that graie and victorie of him quha was his enemye.
a1605 in Montgomerie's Poems (1887) 274 The Muses wald have gevin the grie To her, as to the Aperse.
1686 G. Stuart Joco-serious Disc. 22 Of aw the pipers I did see, This piper Tony wan the 'gree.
1796 R. Burns Honest Man ix. 4 That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 106 The Cu'ross hammermen have the gree for that.
1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 91 Whether be it wark or play, The gree was wi' our auld gudeman.
1858 M. Porteous Real Souter Johnny (ed. 2) 29 Ower them a' for classic style It bears the gree.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [noun]
prickOE
degreec1380
greec1386
largenessa1398
rate1523
size1534
pitcha1568
pin1584
scantling1586
intension1604
assize1625
proportion1641
process1655
to a certain extent1671
intensity1794
level1897
c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 131 Ther nys no thyng in gree superlatyf, As seith Senek, aboue an humble wyf.
c1400 Rom. Rose 5743 They nil, in no maner gree, Do right nought for charitee.
a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 22 Þe feuere agu is þe posityue degree, and in þe superlatyue degree, comparatif gree & superlatif gree.
1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 6053 in Wks. (1931) I That Lantern of the Heuin Sall gyf more lycht, be greis sewin, Nor it gaue sen the warld began.
1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 68 We ar in mony greis of luue naturalie coniunit.
1563 N. Winȝet Wks. (1890) II. 57 In al greis of aigis and tymes.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [noun] > of elementary qualities of bodies
greea1398
degreec1400
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. vii. 832 Quyksiluer, as Plato seiþ, is cleped hoot and moyste in þe ferþe gree, þough somme men deme þat it is cold in þe same gree.
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 86 In considerynge þe complexioun of al þe body..& þe gre of þe medicyn.
1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe ii. f. lxviv This fleume whiche is swete, gre for gre is hote & moyste lyke the ayer.
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society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > [noun] > a degree
degreec1380
degree of (also in) school (also schools)c1449
greec1449
letters1741
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 90 Y wolde grees of scolis to be take.
1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 213 I sall degrade the, graceles, of thy greis.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. Prol. f. iiv By hym that neuer yet any ordre toke Or gre of Scole or sought for great cunnynge This werke is gaderyd.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > angle > [noun] > degree
degreec1386
gree1423
grade?c1510
digit1653
1423 Kingis Quair xxi Passit bot myd-day foure greis evin.
1426 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 140 The bulle..twenty grees Entred was the hed of the dragoun.
1513 Lydgate's Troye Bk. (Pynson) Prol. A 1 b The tyme of yere, shortly to conclude When .xx. grees was phebus altitude.
c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Ciijv The last and outmaist Ile is namit Hirtha, quhare the eleuatioun of the pole is .lxiii. greis.
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green.2
/ɡriː/ Now archaic.† 1. † 3. (One's) good pleasure; will, desire; consent. by his gree (quot. 1483): of its own accord. of the gre: of (one's) own accord, voluntarily. out of gree: contrary to one's pleasure or desire; hence amiss. [ < French à son gré, de (son) gré, contre son gré.] Obsolete.
a. Favour, goodwill. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > [noun]
loveeOE
well-likinglOE
favoura1340
liking1340
greea1400
study?c1400
benevolence1423
lustc1430
carec1540
goût1586
like1589
infection1600
predilection1626
notion1789
grá1833
shindy1855
hard-on1949
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 1656 Ȝe eyth [= eight], for ȝou treu leute, Alone i haue granted mi gre [Trin. Cambr. graunted gre, Vesp. mi sagh[t]].
c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) l. 2850 And [read God] graunte him gree and grith.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iii. sig. O7v But for in court gay portaunce he perceiu'd, And gallant shew to be in greatest gree.
b. in gree (also at, to gree: cf. agree adv., en-gree adv.): with goodwill or favour, with kindly feeling or pleasure, kindly, in good part. Chiefly in to take, accept, receive in gree [ < French prendre, recevoir, avoir en gré, servir à gré.]
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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 world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adverb] > in feeling or intention
wellOE
in greec1374
in good part1529
with or in good (goodly) gree1542
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
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 480 (529) My lowe confessioun Accepte in gre.
c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 1095 Vs oghte Receyuen al in gree that god vs sent.
c1415 J. Lydgate Temple Glas 1085 Boþe ȝe and I mekeli most abide To take agre [v.rr. at gre, in gre].
a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 42 God graunt me in gree [Fr. en gré] that she it take.
?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 197 For hire gode feyth naturell..I trowe..þat god [taketh] hire seruyse to gree.
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 22 My simple makyng for to take at gree.
a1439 J. Lydgate tr. Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. l. 6212 Rihtful iuges his sentence took at gre.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. xiv. 47 That after his deth..god receyueth hym in gree.
a1577 G. Gascoigne De Profundis in Wks. (1831) 203 And thou (good God) vouchsafe in gree to take This woefull plaint.
1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. ii. 17 Soone as he can kisse his hand in gree, And with good grace bow it below the knee.
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne x. x. 181 Accept in gree..the words I spoke.
1894 F. S. Ellis Reynard the Fox 230 A man should hold his friends in gre, And his foes hate but tardily.
c. with or in good (goodly) gree: with goodwill [French de bon gré] .
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adverb] > in feeling or intention
wellOE
in greec1374
in good part1529
with or in good (goodly) gree1542
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 259 So ye graciousnesse of this prince tooke in good gree the eiuill wille of bothe the saied parties against hym.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. v. sig. Ev Which she accepts, with thankes, and goodly gree.
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxvii. 313 Having..wrought the souldiors to accept thereof in good gree and willingly.
1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. (1887) III. 349 Replied the smith, ‘With gladness and goodly gree’.
2. † b. unto gree: with a view to satisfaction, as an indemnity. Obsolete. rare.
a. to do or make gree: to give satisfaction (for an injury). Also, to make one's gree to or with (a person): to do what will satisfy him; to give satisfaction to, come to terms or make one's peace with. Also, to make (a person's) gree.
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society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > atone for [verb (transitive)] > make atonement to (a person)
to make one's gree to or withc1290
answera1400
satisfy1437
content1548
to make it up to1860
society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > atonement > atone [verb (intransitive)]
abyelOE
amendc1330
to make or do asseth1340
to make a seth(e1387
make amends and sethec1420
satisfyc1425
byec1440
to do or make greec1492
syth1513
reconcile1539
respond1789
repair1886
c1290 Childh. Jesus (Horstm.) 455 To his freont make þi gre Oþur þou worst i flem of þis contre.
c1290 Childh. Jesus (Horstm.) 1430 To Josepe he maude is gre With guode wille.
1377 Act 1 Rich. II c. 6 §1 Qe..le clerc..eit la prisone tange il avera fait gree a la partie.]
1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 621 Þat I, with lownesse & humylitee, To my curat go scholde, & make his gree.
1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1859) i. xxxviii. 42 Thus shalt thou make thy gree with Iustyce, that Mercy and she be finally acorded.
c1440 Partonope 2149 He thenketh fast how that he To his Lord myght make his gre.
c1492 Gest of Robyn Hode cviii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1888) III. v. 61/2 Holde my londes in thy honde Tyll I haue made the gree!
1613 H. Finch Law (1636) 297 No Wardein of the Fleet shall suffer any prisoner in execution to goe out of prison..without making gree to the partie.
1697 View Penal Laws 121 Then the Sheriff have the Hawk, making gree to him that did take him.
1764 R. Burn Hist. Poor Laws 11 He shall be imprisoned till he justify himself, and make gree to the party.
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c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 11595 The grekes for hor greme vnto gre asken Gret sommes, forsothe, to hor sad harmes.
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the mind > will > wish or inclination > [noun]
willeOE
hearteOE
i-willc888
self-willeOE
intent?c1225
device1303
couragec1320
talentc1325
greec1330
voluntyc1330
fantasyc1374
likinga1375
disposingc1380
pleasancea1382
affectionc1390
wish1390
disposition1393
affecta1398
likea1400
lista1400
pleasingc1400
emplesance1424
pleasurec1425
well-willingc1443
notiona1450
mindc1450
fancy1465
empleseur1473
hest?a1513
plighta1535
inclination1541
cue1567
month's mind1580
disposedness1583
leaning1587
humour1595
wouldings1613
beneplacit1643
wouldingness1645
vergency1649
bene-placiture1662
good liking1690
draught1758
tida1774
inkling1787
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 272 Þe erle..did no maner wik, þe Kyng gaf him his gre.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 308 He wild not do þer gre, þat terme þat he sette.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 2645 It es the gifte of Gode, the gree es hys awene.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 2748 Here are galyarde gomes that of the gre seruis.
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 348 Lene me þy grace For to go at þi gre.
1417 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 27 I will þat myn executours do her gre.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) cxciii. 283 It was not knowen..whether it was taken from hym by constraynt or yf he delyuerd it with his gree and wyll.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 196 b/1 The dore that was soo locked opened by his gree by hym self.
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid ix. Prol. 80 Quhar ocht is bad, gais mys, or owt of gre.
1632 T. E. Lawes Womens Rights 18 Whosoever..shall in his life time without gree of his lord, marry.
1666 S. Pepys Diary 25 Nov. (1972) VII. 384 Against the gré..of my Lord Treasurer.
1692 O. Walker Greek & Rom. Hist. i. vii. 119 Against the gré of the Senate.]
1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 9 History..(after the partial Gree of the late Authors) has been, to all good Purposes, silent of him.
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† green.3
Obsolete rare.
? Weeping, mourning.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun]
wopOE
reminga1200
weepingc1200
weepc1275
dolec1290
greetinga1300
greeta1325
grota1325
teara1340
tear1377
lachrymation?1530
gree?1567
waterworks1634
pipation1656
fletion1716
piping1779
ploration1828
blarting1898
?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter xxx. 70 Thou tournst from mee: my wo and gree, to myrth in cherefull voyce.
1616 Greenes Mourning Garment (new ed.) sig. H4 With hearts griefe and eyes greee [sic], Eyes and heart both full of woes.
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greev.
Obsolete exc. dialect.
= agree v., in various senses.† 1. transitive. Of a person: To please, to satisfy. = agree v. 1b. Obsolete.† 2. To make (persons) pleased; to reconcile, conciliate (several persons, or one with another); also, to arrange or settle (a matter). Obsolete.† 3. reflexive and intransitive (for reflexive) To become well-disposed or favourable; to consent, accede. 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-
1468 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 19 I stand in doubt whether Mr. Midleton & Mr. Ros greed you & Sir John Malivera thereof or no.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be content or satisfied with [verb (transitive)] > content or satisfy
paya1200
apaya1250
pleasec1350
assythc1375
savourc1390
filsen?a1425
satisfy?a1425
sufficec1430
satify1434
applease1470
content1477
assethe1481
appetite1509
syth1513
satisfice?1531
gratify1569
gree1570
explenish1573
promerit1582
accommodate1624
placentiate1694
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
society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > bring to peace (strife or discord) [verb (transitive)] > settle (a dispute)
peasec1330
reconcilea1393
compone1523
compromit1537
compound1546
atone1555
to take up1560
compose1570
gree1570
accommodate1609
concoct1620
even1620
sopite1628
to make up1699
liquidate1765
resolve1875
1570 R. Sempill Spur to Lordis (single sheet) Now thay tak on hand to gre ȝow With all the tother syde.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 342 Edward king of Jngland..was chosen arbiter to grie this mater.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 154 Jn hauie and sair seiknes he takis Jornay, of that mynd to grie thame.
17.. Jacobite Relics (1819) I. 146 They're fallen out among themselves, Shame fa' the first that grees them!
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > consent or comply [verb (reflexive)]
seema1300
consent1340
submita1387
endeigna1400
agree1421
greec1440
apply1482
condescend1489
c1440 Generydes 1141 I gre me wele In your presence to travell day by day.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos vi. 29 They..accorded and greed to do all hir wyll.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. civ. 125 They within desyred respyte to gyue an answere, the which was agreed; and whan they had counsayled the parties greed.
1578 W. Hunnis Hyue Full of Hunnye Gen. xxxvi. 28 lf. 86 Shall not all their substance greatte And cattell that they have Be ours if we gree thereunto?
1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso v. xxxii. 28 To try the matter thus they greed both.
4. To come into accord or harmony; to come to terms with (a person), on, upon (a matter); to make an agreement.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > agree with [verb (transitive)] > come into agreement or harmony
greec1380
condescend1516
to fall ina1568
chime in with1712
the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] > with a person
conclude1462
settle1527
gree1574
compact1592
clear1609
truck1622
the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > agree with [verb (transitive)] > arrange or fix by agreement
assentc1300
commona1450
condescend1509
concord1548
gree1597
settle1620
adjust1710
the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > be in agreement [verb (intransitive)] > come to or arrive at an agreement
saughtel1154
assentc1300
appointc1374
consent1487
concord1489
convenec1550
to join issue1600
consigna1616
meet1781
gree1786
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 144 Ȝif þis be herd of Pilat we shulen gree wiþ him, and make ȝou sikir.
?1567 Merie Tales Master Skelton sig. Cvi The miller..greed with the Sexten of the Churche, to haue the key of the Churche dore.
1574 J. Higgins 1st Pt. Mirour for Magistrates Nennius x Till with their creditours they gree.
1597 N. Breton Wil of Wit f.31v I will either haue it, giue it, or gree vpon it.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. iv. 181 All the means Plotted, and 'greed on for my happinesse. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. vi. 37 Then, to send Measures of Wheate to Rome: this greed vpon, To part with vnhackt edges. View more context for this quotation
1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 242 My word of honor I hae gien,..To try to get the twa to gree.
1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel III. vii. 206 All..consentiunt in eundem,—gree on the same point.
1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance I. xvii. 194 It's you that has made us cast out, and it's you that maun make us 'gree.
1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) 'Gree, agree. They're about 'greean for a horse.
5. To be in harmony in opinion, way of life, etc.; to be of the same mind; to be friends; also of things, to be in accord or harmonious.
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 > 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
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
the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > be friendly [verb (intransitive)] > get on (well)
gree?a1513
to get in with1602
cotton1605
to hitch (also set, or stable) horses together1617
to hit it1634
gee1685
to set horses together1685
to be made for each other (also one another)1751
to hit it off1780
to get ona1805
to hitch horses together1835
niggle1837
to step together1866
to speak (also talk) someone's (also the same) language1893
to stall with1897
cog1926
groove1935
click1954
vibe1986
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 233 The an futt ȝeid ay onrycht, And to the tother wald nocht gree.
1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 275 Whos heuenly armony was so passynge sure, So truely proporsionyd, and so well did gree.
1532 G. Hervet tr. Xenophon Treat. Househ. (1768) 23 Vtterynge our myndes one to an other, if we myght gree in one tale.
a1547 J. Redford Moral Play Wit & Sci. (1848) 39 We wyll gre better, or ye pas hence.
1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido iii. i Weapons gree not witt my tender years.
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxiv. sig. G4v Mine eie well knowes what with his gust is greeing . View more context for this quotation
1620 T. Peyton Glasse of Time 49 Neptune himselfe with foure great riuers greeing, To deck the bosome which gaue Adam being.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 108 Like twa sisters, ye will live an' gree.
1773 R. Fergusson Poems 101 As lang's there's pith into the barrel We'll drink and 'gree.
1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xiii. 197 They're just neighbour-like, and nae wonder they gree sae weel. View more context for this quotation
Derivatives
ˈgreeing adj. concordant.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [adjective]
anmodOE
accordantc1350
concordable1393
ogrant?a1400
whole1413
agreeing1440
communala1470
concordant1477
agreeablea1525
greeinga1547
one-hearted?1584
consenting1589
well-tuned1592
consentient1622
concording1627
unanimousa1631
unanimate1633
homodox1656
concurrent1660
concerted1673
of one lip1677
homodoxian1716
harmonious1724
concurring1732
assenting1752
one-voiced1821
solidary1841
solidaire1845
solid1855
ditto-saying1892
assented1907
a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Biv The people cried with sondry greeing shoutes, To bring the horse to Pallas temple bliue.
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