Gree
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɡɹiː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gree is a noun meaning (geometry, obsolete) A degree.
Meaning
(geometry, obsolete) A degree.
More Meanings
- (now Scotland) Pre-eminence; victory or superiority in combat (hence also, the prize for winning a combat).
- (intransitive, obsolete or Nigeria) To agree.
- (obsolete) One of a flight of steps.
- (obsolete) A stage in a process; a degree of rank or station.
- (archaic) Pleasure, goodwill, satisfaction.
Example Sentences
He is a shepherd great in gree.
Accept in gree, my lord, the words I spoke.
Gob. […]how dooſt thou and thy Maſter agree, I haue brought him a preſent; how gree you now?
"My grand-daughter doesn't like to be kept waitin' when the tea is ready, for it takes me time to crammle aboon the grees, for there be a many of 'em, and miss, I lack belly-timber sairly by the clock."
Word Forms
- grees
- greeing
- greed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include grece, grise, grize, greese, glyph, goose-step.
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