gree

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

gree, n. [F. gré. See Grateful, and cf. Agree.].

•  Good will; favor; pleasure; satisfaction; -- used esp. in such phrases as: to take in gree; to accept in gree; that is, to take favorably.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]

  "Accept in gree, my lord, the words I spoke."  [1913 Webster]
•  Rank; degree; position.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]

  "He is a shepherd great in gree."  [1913 Webster]
•  The prize; the honor of the day; as, to bear the gree, i. e., to carry off the prize.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]

gree, v. i. [From Agree.].

 To agree.  Fuller.  [1913 Webster]

gree, n. [OF. gré, F. grade. See Grade.].

 A step.  [1913 Webster]