gree
Pronunciation Noun

gree (plural grees)

  1. (obsolete) One of a flight of steps.
  2. (obsolete) A stage in a process; a degree of rank or station.
    • He is a shepherd great in gree.
  3. (now Scotland) Pre-eminence; victory or superiority in combat (hence also, the prize for winning a combat).
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/MaloryWks2/1:12.71?rgn=div2;view=fulltext chapter lxxj], in Le Morte Darthur, book X
      And thenne the kynge lete blowe to lodgynge / and by cause sir Palomydes beganne fyrste / and neuer he went nor rode oute of the feld to repose / but euer was doynge merueyllously wel outher on foote or on horsbak / and lengest durynge Kynge Arthur and alle the kynges gaf sir Palomydes the honour and the gree as for that daye
  4. (geometry, obsolete) A degree.
Noun

gree (plural grees)

  1. (now Scotland) Pre-eminence; victory or superiority in combat (hence also, the prize for winning a combat).
    • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X:
      bycause Sir Palomydes beganne fyrste, and never he wente nor rode oute of the fylde to repose hym, but ever he was doynge on horsebak othir on foote, and lengest durynge, Kynge Arthure and all the kynges gaff Sir Palomydes the honoure and the gre as for that day.
Noun

gree (plural grees)

  1. (archaic) Pleasure, goodwill, satisfaction.
    • Accept in gree, my lord, the words I spoke.
Verb

gree (grees, present participle greeing; past and past participle greed)

  1. (obsolete) To agree.
    • c. 1596–1598, William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene ii], page 168 ↗, column Gob.}} […] how dooſt thou and thy Maſter agree, I haue brought him a preſent; how gree you now?:
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