different between gree vs gre

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?/

Etymology 1

From Middle English gre, from Old French gré, from Latin gradum (“step”). Compare degree. Doublet of grade.

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).
4. (geometry, obsolete) A degree.

Etymology 2

From (pre-reform) Scottish Gaelic gré, from Old Scottish Gaelic gray.

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.

Etymology 3

From Middle English gre, from Old French gré (“pleasure, goodwill”), from Latin gratum, a noun use of the neuter of gratus (“pleasing”).

Noun

gree (plural grees)

1. (archaic) Pleasure, goodwill, satisfaction.

   • Accept in gree, my lord, the words I spoke.

Etymology 4

From Middle English green (“to agree”), from Old French greer, from gré (hence Etymology 3).

Verb

gree (third-person singular simple present grees, present participle greeing, simple past and past participle greed)

1. (obsolete) To agree.

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Anagrams

• Eger, Geer, Gere, eger, egre, geer

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French gré (“step”).

Noun

gree

1. Alternative form of gre (“step, degree”)

Etymology 2

From Old French gré (“goodwill”).

Noun

gree

1. Alternative form of gre (“goodwill, agreement”)

Etymology 3

From Old French greer.

Verb

gree

1. Alternative form of green

Scots

Verb

gree (third-person singular present grees, present participle greein, past greet, past participle greet)

1. (Doric) to agree (make an agreement)
2. to agree (settle differences)

References

• “gree” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

English

Noun

gre (plural gres)

1. Obsolete form of gree.

Anagrams

• -erg-, EGR, ERG, GER, Ger, Ger., Ger??, Reg, erg, ger, reg

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French gré (“step”), from Latin gradus. The senses related to success are potentially from Scottish Gaelic gré.

Alternative forms

• gree

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?re?/

Noun

gre (plural gres)

1. A step, gree or rung; a part of a staircase or ladder.
2. A stage or level as part of a scale; a level of a discontinuous scale.
3. A degree or extent; a level of a continuous scale.
4. Social or professional standing or status; one's position in society or a subset of it.
5. A degree or generation of ancestry; a stage in one's family history.
6. Success, winning or achievement in battle or sport.
7. (geometry) An angular measurement amounting to 1/360 of a circle.
8. (rare) A degree (educational qualification handed out by tertiary institutions)

Related terms

• degre

Descendants

• English: gree (obsolete)
• Scots: gree

References

• “gr??, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-15.

Etymology 2

From Old French gré (“goodwill”), from Latin gr?tum, a noun from Latin gr?tus.

Alternative forms

• gree

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?re?/

Noun

gre (uncountable)

1. A favourable or good attitude; goodwill, kindness.
   • Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale:

     And notified is þur?out þe toun / Þat every wi?t, wiþ greet devocioun, / Sholde preyen Crist þat he þis mariage / Recyve in gree and spede þis viage.

2. Satisfaction, compensation, understanding.

Related terms

• agre
• greable
• green

Descendants

• English: gree (archaic)
• Scots: gree (obsolete)

References

• “gr??, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-15.

Etymology 3

Verb

gre

1. Alternative form of green

North Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gr?saz. Compare Mooring gra, Heligolandic grai, Föhr and Wiedingharde grä.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?r?/

Adjective

gre

1. (Sylt) grey

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English grey.

Adjective

gre

1. grey

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gregis (compare Old Irish graig (“horses”)); cognate with Latin grex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?re?/

Noun

gre f (plural greoedd)

1. stud (of horses), flock, herd

   Synonyms: haid, gyr, praidd, diadell

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