Literary notes about Gree (AI summary)
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]).
- '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 - "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 - 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 - 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 - Gree , v, 16 , favor, good will, satisfaction.
— from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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