Obs. [a. Fr. à gré, f. à to, at + gré, earlier gred, gret, that which pleases, gree, liking or pleasure:—L. grāt-um that which is pleasant or gratifying.] According to one’s liking; pleasantly, kindly, in good part. To take a-gree, to take kindly, or in good part, to receive with satisfaction.
c. 1400. Rom. Rose, 4349. Whom I ne fonde froward ne felle, But toke agree alle hool my play.
Also anglicized as in, at, to gree: see GREE sb.
1366. Maundev., xxix. 295. That God take hire Servyse to gree.
c. 1400. Rom. Rose, 42. God graunte me in gre that she it take.
c. 1430. Lydg., Bochas (1554), I. xviii. 33 b. Rightful iudges his sentence toke atgree.
