A-grē' or A-gree'1, adv.
[Fr. à gré. See AGREE.] In good part; kindly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3 entries under this word
Agree
A-gree'2, v. i.
[imp. & p. p. AGREED; p. pr. & vb. n. AGREEING.] [Fr. agréer, to accept or receive kindly, Pr. agradar, agreiar, Sp. agradar, It. aggradare, aggradire; Fr. gré, good will, consent, liking, Pr. grat, It., Sp., Pg., grado, from Lat. ad and gratus, pleasing, agreeable.]
Sense 1. To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur; as, all parties agree in the expediency of the law. “Men who agreed in nothing else.” Clarendon.
Their witness agreed not together. Mark xiv. 56.
The more you agree together, the less hurt can your enemies do you. Browne.
Sense 2. To yield assent;—followed by to; as, to agree to an offer, or to an opinion.
Sense 3. To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to come to terms. “Agree with thine adversary quickly.” Matt. v. 25.
Didst thou not agree with me for a penny? Matt. xx. 13.
Sense 4. To be conformable; to resemble; as, the picture does not agree with the original.
Sense 5. To suit or be adapted in its effects; as, the same food does not agree with every constitution.
Sense 6. (Gram.) To correspond in gender, number, case, or person.
Synonyms—To assent; agree; concur; consent; acquiesce; comply; correspond; answer; harmonize; quadrate; tally; coincide; comport.
A-gree'3, v. t.
- To admit, or come to one mind concerning; as, to agree the fact.
- To reconcile or make friends; to put an end to variance between. [Obs.] Spenser.