Meaning of GREE
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\Gree\, n. [F. gr['e]. See Grateful, and cf. {Agree.}]
1. 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.] --Chaucer.
Accept in gree, my lord, the words I spoke.
--Fairfax.
2. Rank; degree; position. [Obs. or Scot.] --Chaucer.
He is a shepherd great in gree. --Spnser.
3. The prize; the honor of the day; as, to bear the gree, i.
e., to carry off the prize. [Obs. or Scot.] --Chaucer.
\Gree\, v. i. [From {Agree.}]
To agree. [Obs.] --Fuller.
\Gree\, n.; pl. {Grees} (gr[=e]z); obs. plurals {Greece}
(gr[=e]s) {Grice} (gr[imac]s or gr[=e]s), {Grise}, {Grize}
(gr[imac]z or gr[=e]z), etc. [OF. gr['e], F. grade. See
{Grade.}]
A step.
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