adv. and prep. Obs. [a. F. bon gré (for de bon gré of good will), in advb. phr. bon gré mal gré willingly or unwillingly: cf. maugre.]
A. adv. With good will, agreeably. B. prep. Agreeably to.
c. 1325. E. E. Allit. P., C. 56. Þe had bowed to his bode, bongre my hyure.
1598. Tofte, Alba, The Months Minde (1880), 30. His seruice is not tooke boun gree.
