| 单词 | to take, accept, receive in gree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take, accept, receive in gree b. in gree (also at, to gree: cf. agree adv., en-gree adv.): with goodwill or favour, with kindly feeling or pleasure, kindly, in good part. Chiefly in to take, accept, receive in gree [ < French prendre, recevoir, avoir en gré, servir à gré.] ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > [adverb] at, to greec1374 in greec1374 agreea1425 so best1602 favourably1655 approvingly1837 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > favour > win favour with [verb (transitive)] > favour to let well ofc1330 favour1340 to take, accept, receive in greec1374 likea1393 smilec1400 to take agreea1425 agreec1450 to fawn on, upon1477 to bear good mind toa1516 to look upon ——c1515 to look on ——1540 vouchsafe1582 conceit1589 relish1594 to look to ——1611 impatronize1629 aspect1663 sympathize1828 to put one's money on1847 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adverb] > in feeling or intention wellOE in greec1374 in good part1529 with or in good (goodly) gree1542 the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adverb] > so as to content or satisfy > to one's satisfaction to one's willOE a-willc1275 at a person's willc1300 fillc1300 to payc1300 at, to greec1374 with or upon one's wish or wishes1390 agreea1425 at wisha1525 to (one's) wish (rarely wishes)1586 to one's heart's content1600 wishfully1607 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 480 (529) My lowe confessioun Accepte in gre. c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale 1095 Vs oghte Receyuen al in gree that god vs sent. c1415 J. Lydgate Temple Glas 1085 Boþe ȝe and I mekeli most abide To take agre [v.rr. at gre, in gre]. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 42 God graunt me in gree [Fr. en gré] that she it take. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 197 For hire gode feyth naturell..I trowe..þat god [taketh] hire seruyse to gree. c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 22 My simple makyng for to take at gree. a1439 J. Lydgate tr. Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. l. 6212 Rihtful iuges his sentence took at gre. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. xiv. 47 That after his deth..god receyueth hym in gree. a1577 G. Gascoigne De Profundis in Wks. (1831) 203 And thou (good God) vouchsafe in gree to take This woefull plaint. 1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. ii. 17 Soone as he can kisse his hand in gree, And with good grace bow it below the knee. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne x. x. 181 Accept in gree..the words I spoke. 1894 F. S. Ellis Reynard the Fox 230 A man should hold his friends in gre, And his foes hate but tardily. < as lemmas |
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