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Thesaurus: gree

Good will; favor; pleasure; satisfaction; -- used esp. in such phrases as: to take in gree; to accept in gree; that is, to take favorably.

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  1. 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.
  2. n. Rank; degree; position.
  3. n. The prize; the honor of the day; as, to bear the gree, i. e., to carry off the prize.
  4. v. i. To agree.
  5. n. A step.
  6. 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. To agree. [Obs.] Fuller. A step.
  7. To agree. [Obs.] Fuller.
  8. 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. n. Rank; degree; position. n. The prize; the honor of the day; as, to bear the gree, i. e., to carry off the prize. v. i. To agree. n. A step.