01 n. Good will; favor; pleasure; satisfaction; -- used esp. in such phrases as: to take in gree; to accept in gree; that is, to take favorably.
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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.]“Accept in gree, my lord, the words I spoke.” — Fairfax.
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Rank; degree; position.[Obs. or Scot.]“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.]