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gree

[gree]

noun Chiefly Scot.

superiority, mastery, or victory.

the prize for victory.

Obsolete. a step.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English gre < Old French < Latin gradus step, grade; compare degree

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Gree is always a great word to know.

So is interrobang. Does it mean:

a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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noun Archaic.

favor; goodwill.

satisfaction, as for an injury.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English gre < Old French gre (French gré) < Latin grātum what is agreeable

verb (used with object), verb (used without object), greed, gree·ing. British Dialect.

agree.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English; see gree²

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gree¹ (ɡriː)

—n
1.	superiority or victory
2.	the prize for a victory

[C14: from Old French gré, from Latin gradus step]

gree² (ɡriː)

—n
1.	goodwill; favour
2.	satisfaction for an insult or injury

[C14: from Old French gré, from Latin grātum what is pleasing; see grateful]

gree³ (ɡriː)

—vb , grees, greeing, greed
	archaic, dialect or to come or cause to come to agreement or harmony

[C14: variant of agree]

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