agreen
Middle English
/aˈɡreːən/
verb
Definitions
- To ingratiate or please; to make content or favoured.
- To agree; to give one's approval or permission.
- To recompense; to pay a charge or perform an obligation.
- (rare) To make a bilateral compact.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French agreer (approve, consent, accept receive kindly, be grateful) affix from Middle English agre.
Origin
Middle English
agre
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Cognates and derived terms
- agree English
- agreeability English
- agreeable English
- agreeance English
- agreeeth English
- agreeing English
- agreement English
- agreer English
- agreest English
- agreeth English
- disagree English
- reagree English
- agre Middle English
- agreable Middle English
- agreablely Middle English
- agrement Middle English
- a gré Old French
- agreable Old French
- agreer Old French
- agrement Old French
- agreer Middle French