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grew
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??u?/
- Rhymes: -u?
Etymology 1
From Middle English grew, from Old English gr?ow (first and third person past tense of gr?wan), from West Germanic *greu, from Northwest Germanic *grer?, from Proto-Germanic *gegr? (first and third person past tense of *gr?an?), reduplication of *gr?an?.
Verb
grew
- simple past tense of grow
- (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of grow
Etymology 2
Verb
grew (third-person singular simple present grews, present participle grewing, simple past and past participle grewed)
- Alternative form of grue (“shudder with fear”)
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gre
English
Noun
gre (plural gres)
- 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)
- A step, gree or rung; a part of a staircase or ladder.
- A stage or level as part of a scale; a level of a discontinuous scale.
- A degree or extent; a level of a continuous scale.
- Social or professional standing or status; one's position in society or a subset of it.
- A degree or generation of ancestry; a stage in one's family history.
- Success, winning or achievement in battle or sport.
- (geometry) An angular measurement amounting to 1/360 of a circle.
- (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)
- 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.
- Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale:
- 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
- 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
- (Sylt) grey
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English grey.
Adjective
gre
- 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)
- stud (of horses), flock, herd
- Synonyms: haid, gyr, praidd, diadell
Mutation
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