gree

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Gree \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. [1913 Webster]

Accept in gree, my lord, the words I spoke.— Fairfax.[1913 Webster]

2.Rank; degree; position. [Obs. or Scot.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

He is a shepherd great in gree.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]

3.The prize; the honor of the day; as, to bear the gree, i. e., to carry off the prize. [Obs. or Scot.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Gree \Gree\, v. i. [From Agree.] To agree. [Obs.] --Fuller. [1913 Webster]

Gree \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. [1913 Webster]