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a⋅gree

[uh-gree] verb, a⋅greed, a⋅gree⋅ing.
–verb (used without object)
1. to have the same views, emotions, etc.; harmonize in opinion or feeling (often fol. by with): I don't agree with you.
2. to give consent; assent (often fol. by to): He agreed to accompany the ambassador. Do you agree to the conditions?
3. to live in concord or without contention; get along together.
4. to come to one opinion or mind; come to an arrangement or understanding; arrive at a settlement: They have agreed on the terms of surrender.
5. to be consistent; harmonize (usually fol. by with): This story agrees with hers.
6. to correspond; conform; resemble (usually fol. by with): The play does not agree with the book.
7. to be suitable; comply with a preference or an ability to digest (usually fol. by with): The food did not agree with me.
8. Grammar. to correspond in inflectional form, as in number, case, gender, or person; to show agreement. In The boy runs, boy is a singular noun and runs agrees with it in number.
–verb (used with object)
9. to concede; grant (usually fol. by a noun clause): I agree that he is the ablest of us.
10. Chiefly British. to consent to or concur with: We agree the stipulations. I must agree your plans.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME agre, agreen < AF, OF agre(e)r from phrase a gre at pleasure, at will; a < L ad to, at; gre < L grātum (see gree 2 )


a⋅gree⋅ing⋅ly, adverb


1. Agree, consent, accede, assent, concur all suggest complying with the idea, sentiment, or action of someone. Agree, the general term, suggests compliance in response to any degree of persuasion or opposition: to agree to go; to agree to a meeting, to a wish, request, demand, ultimatum. Consent, applying to rather important matters, conveys an active and positive idea; it implies making a definite decision to comply with someone's expressed wish: to consent to become engaged. Accede, a more formal word, also applies to important matters and implies a degree of yielding to conditions: to accede to terms. Assent conveys a more passive idea; it suggests agreeing intellectually or verbally with someone's assertion, request, etc.: to assent to a speaker's theory, to a proposed arrangement. To concur is to show accord in matters of opinion, as of minds independently running along the same channels: to concur in a judgment about a painting. 5. See correspond.


2. refuse, decline. 5. disagree.
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Word Origin & History

agree 
c.1374, from O.Fr. agreer, from phrase a gré "favorably, of good will," lit. "to (one's) liking," from L. ad "to" + gratum "pleasing," neut. of gratus (see grace); the original sense surviving best in agreeable (c.1384).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: agree
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: agreed; agree·ing
transitive verb : to share an opinion that <agreed the terms were fair> intransitive verb 1 : to share an opinion, understanding, or intent agree on a verdict —New York Law Journal>
2 : to indicate willingness or acceptance : give assent or approval <agreeing to this proposal>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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