gree Meaning, Definition & Usage

Gree noun
Etymology
F. gré. See Grateful, and cf. Agree.
Definitions
  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 intransitive verb
Etymology
From Agree.
Definitions
  1. To agree. Obs. Fuller.
Gree noun
Etymology
OF. gré, F. grade. See Grade.
Wordforms
plural Grees obsolete plurals Greece Grice Grise, Grize etc
Definitions
  1. A step.

Webster 1913