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noun

Gree n.

Good will; favor; pleasure; satisfaction; used esp. in such phrases as: to take in gree; to accept in gree; that is, to take favorably. (Obs.) "Accept in gree, my lord, the words I spoke."

Rank; degree; position. (Obs. or Scot.) "He is a shepherd great in gree."

The prize; the honor of the day; as, to bear the gree, i. e., to carry off the prize. (Obs. or Scot.)

Gree n. (pl. grees; obs. plurals greece, grice, grise, grize, etc) A step.

verb

Gree v. i. To agree. (Obs.)

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... that come it may, As come it will for a' that, That sense and worth o'er a' the earth May bear the gree and a' that, For a' that and a' that, It's coming yet, for a' that, That man to man, the world o'er Shall ...

— Home Missions In Action • Edith H. Allen

... robberies as Thurtell or Turpin scarce ever perpetrated;—were by my informant accurately remembered, and freely related, respecting his nearest kindred, to any one who chose to hear him. It was a wonder how any of the family still lived out of the hulks. Me brother Tim had brought his fawther's gree hairs with sorrow to the greeve; me brother Mick had robbed the par'sh church repaytedly; me sisther Annamaroia had jilted the Captain and run off with the Ensign, forged her grandmother's will, and stole the spoons, which Larry the knife-boy was hanged for. The family of Atreus was ...

— The Virginians • William Makepeace Thackeray

... spack as tho nomore And therwit[h] a[ll] ful femynyn of drede Me thought this lady sighen gan ful sore And said agayn, lady that maist restore Hertes in Ioye from theyr aduersite To do your wil de mieulx en mieulx ma gree ...

— The Temple of Glass • John Lydgate

... "Her daddy wouldn't 'gree for us to git married 'cause he wanted her to stay on and wuk for him. She warn't but seventeen. My boss-man let us use his hoss and buggy and, Missy, dat fast hoss is what saved de day for us. When I got to whar I was to meet her, I seed her runnin' ...

— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 1 • Works Projects Administration

... a waukrif twa or three: Thrawn commentautors sweer to 'gree, Weans glowrin' at the bumlin' bee On windie-glasses, Or lads that tak a keek a-glee At ...

— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson

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