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The word "gree" is employed in literature with remarkable versatility. In some works it functions as a verb equivalent to "agree," often featuring in dialogue where characters indicate consent or approval in both formal and dialectal speech ([1], [2], [3]). In other settings it takes on a noun form, denoting favor, goodwill, or even a figurative measure of worth, as seen in poetic and chivalric discourses ([4], [5], [6]). Its usage spans from the colloquial—with contractions and regional inflections—to more elevated, traditional language, underscoring its adaptive role in conveying both agreement and a nuanced sense of social or ceremonial accolade ([7], [8], [9]).
  1. 'I shan't lef you gwo, Cunnel, till you 'gree not to do dat.'
    — from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
  2. "I'd 'gree to black him all over, if he'd do what I want.
    — from Teddy and Carrots: Two Merchants of Newpaper Row by James Otis
  3. I'm er printer by trade, but it don't 'pear to 'gree with me, and I'm on my way to Central America for my health.
    — from Mark Twain by Archibald Henderson
  4. 525 `"O god, that at thy disposicioun Ledest the fyn by Iuste purveyaunce, Of every wight, my lowe confessioun Accepte in gree,
    — from Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer
  5. Gree , v, 16 , favor, good will, satisfaction.
    — from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser
  6. The phrases to win the gree , i. e. to get the first place, and to bear the gree , i. e. to keep the first place, are still in common use in Scotland.
    — from Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) — Notes to the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
  7. A gal have to be of age and ask her pa and ma and Marse and Missy, and if dey 'gree, dey go ahead and git marry.
    — from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former SlavesTexas Narratives, Part 1 by United States. Work Projects Administration
  8. Accept of it, Deare Lord ° , in gentle gree , And better lynes, ere long ° , shall honor thee .
    — from The Choise of Valentines; Or the Merie Ballad of Nash His Dildo by Thomas Nash
  9. With my hands I'll dent[3] the briars Round his holy corse to gree;[4]
    — from Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete

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