green.¹

/ɡriː/

Forms: singular Middle English–1500s gre, Middle English–1800s gree, (1500s graie), 1500s–1600s, 1800s grie. plural Middle English–1500s greis, Middle English grece, Middle English–1600s grees, (Middle English greez, 1500s gries); cf. grece n.

Etymology: < Old French gré (plural greis , greyz : see grece n.) = Italian grado , Spanish grado , Portuguese grao < Latin gradum step. Compare degree n., grade n.

Obsolete exc. Scottish.

†1.

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.

ΘΚΠ

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.

†b. canticle or song of grees: ‘Song of Degrees’, ‘Gradual Psalm’ (see gradual adj. 5). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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.

†2. figurative. A step or stage in a process, etc., esp. one in an ascending or descending scale; = degree n. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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.

†3. A ‘step’ in direct line of descent; a degree of relationship; = degree n. 3 greis defendant (Scottish): forbidden degrees. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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.

†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.

ΘΚΠ

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 y^e 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. G3^v 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.

ΘΚΠ

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.

†6. A degree, step, or grade in intensity or amount; = degree n. 6. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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.

†7. In medieval physics: = degree n. 6c. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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. lxvi^v This fleume whiche is swete, gre for gre is hote & moyste lyke the ayer.

†8. An academical degree; = degree n. 7a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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. ii^v By hym that neuer yet any ordre toke Or gre of Scole or sought for great cunnynge This werke is gaderyd.

†9. Geometry (Astronomy, Geography, etc.) The unit of the sexagesimal measurement of angles or circular arcs; = degree n. 9.

ΘΚΠ

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. Ciij^v The last and outmaist Ile is namit Hirtha, quhare the eleuatioun of the pole is .lxiii. greis.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

green.²

/ɡriː/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s gre.

Etymology: < Old French gré, gred, gret (11th cent. in Littré), modern French gré pleasure, goodwill, will (compare maugre n., prep., and adv. = mal gré) = Provençal grat-z, Italian grado, Spanish grado, Portuguese grado < Latin grātum, neuter substantive of grātus pleasing, grateful. The word was taken over into English chiefly in phrases (see the various senses).

Now archaic.

†1.

a. Favour, goodwill. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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. O7^v 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.]

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 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] .

ΘΚΠ

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 y^e 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. E^v 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’.

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.

ΘΚΠ

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.

†b. unto gree: with a view to satisfaction, as an indemnity. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 11595 The grekes for hor greme vnto gre asken Gret sommes, forsothe, to hor sad harmes.

†3. (One's) good pleasure; will, desire; consent. by his gree (quot. 1483): of its own accord. of the gre: of (one's) own accord, voluntarily. out of gree: contrary to one's pleasure or desire; hence amiss. [ < French à son gré, de (son) gré, contre son gré.] Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare grief n. and variant forms at that entry.

Obsolete rare.

? Weeping, mourning.

ΘΚΠ

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.

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s gre, 1500s Scottish grie.

Etymology: aphetized < agree v., or < gree n.² Compare, however, Old French gréer, which may be the direct source.

Obsolete exc. dialect.

= agree v., in various senses.

†1. transitive. Of a person: To please, to satisfy. = agree v. 1b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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-

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.

†2. To make (persons) pleased; to reconcile, conciliate (several persons, or one with another); also, to arrange or settle (a matter). Obsolete.

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!

†3. reflexive and intransitive (for reflexive) To become well-disposed or favourable; to consent, accede. Obsolete.

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.31^v 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.

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.

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

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. G4^v Mine eie well knowes what with his gust is greeing .

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.

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. Bi^v The people cried with sondry greeing shoutes, To bring the horse to Pallas temple bliue.

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n.¹1303

n.²c1290

n.³?1567

v.c1380

单词	gree
释义	green.¹ /ɡriː/ Forms: singular Middle English–1500s gre, Middle English–1800s gree, (1500s graie), 1500s–1600s, 1800s grie. plural Middle English–1500s greis, Middle English grece, Middle English–1600s grees, (Middle English greez, 1500s gries); cf. grece n. Etymology: < Old French gré (plural greis , greyz : see grece n.) = Italian grado , Spanish grado , Portuguese grao < Latin gradum step. Compare degree n., grade n. Obsolete exc. Scottish. †1. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. †b. canticle or song of grees: ‘Song of Degrees’, ‘Gradual Psalm’ (see gradual adj. 5). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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. †2. figurative. A step or stage in a process, etc., esp. one in an ascending or descending scale; = degree n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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. †3. A ‘step’ in direct line of descent; a degree of relationship; = degree n. 3 greis defendant (Scottish): forbidden degrees. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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. †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. ΘΚΠ 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 y^e 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. G3^v 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. ΘΚΠ 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. †6. A degree, step, or grade in intensity or amount; = degree n. 6. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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. †7. In medieval physics: = degree n. 6c. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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. lxvi^v This fleume whiche is swete, gre for gre is hote & moyste lyke the ayer. †8. An academical degree; = degree n. 7a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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. ii^v By hym that neuer yet any ordre toke Or gre of Scole or sought for great cunnynge This werke is gaderyd. †9. Geometry (Astronomy, Geography, etc.) The unit of the sexagesimal measurement of angles or circular arcs; = degree n. 9. ΘΚΠ 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. Ciij^v The last and outmaist Ile is namit Hirtha, quhare the eleuatioun of the pole is .lxiii. greis. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). green.² /ɡriː/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s gre. Etymology: < Old French gré, gred, gret (11th cent. in Littré), modern French gré pleasure, goodwill, will (compare maugre n., prep., and adv. = mal gré) = Provençal grat-z, Italian grado, Spanish grado, Portuguese grado < Latin grātum, neuter substantive of grātus pleasing, grateful. The word was taken over into English chiefly in phrases (see the various senses). Now archaic. †1. a. Favour, goodwill. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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. O7^v 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.] 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 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] . ΘΚΠ 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 y^e 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. E^v 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. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. †b. unto gree: with a view to satisfaction, as an indemnity. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 11595 The grekes for hor greme vnto gre asken Gret sommes, forsothe, to hor sad harmes. †3. (One's) good pleasure; will, desire; consent. by his gree (quot. 1483): of its own accord. of the gre: of (one's) own accord, voluntarily. out of gree: contrary to one's pleasure or desire; hence amiss. [ < French à son gré, de (son) gré, contre son gré.] Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † green.³ Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare grief n. and variant forms at that entry. Obsolete rare. ? Weeping, mourning. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). greev. Forms: Also Middle English–1500s gre, 1500s Scottish grie. Etymology: aphetized < agree v., or < gree n.² Compare, however, Old French gréer, which may be the direct source. Obsolete exc. dialect. = agree v., in various senses. †1. transitive. Of a person: To please, to satisfy. = agree v. 1b. 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. †2. To make (persons) pleased; to reconcile, conciliate (several persons, or one with another); also, to arrange or settle (a matter). Obsolete. 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! †3. reflexive and intransitive (for reflexive) To become well-disposed or favourable; to consent, accede. Obsolete. 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.31^v 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. G4^v 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. Bi^v The people cried with sondry greeing shoutes, To bring the horse to Pallas temple bliue. 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