gree
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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Accept in gree, my lord, the words I spoke.
--Fairfax.
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2. Rank; degree; position. [Obs. or Scot.] --Chaucer.
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He is a shepherd great in gree. --Spenser.
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3. The prize; the honor of the day; as, to bear the gree, i.
e., to carry off the prize. [Obs. or Scot.] --Chaucer.
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