agreer1 (c.1136-65)
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agreer1 (c.1136-65)

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[ FEW: 4,250b gratus; Gdf: 1,165c agreer; GdfC: 8,49b agreer 1; TL: 1,211 agreer; DEAF: G1293 gré 1 (agreer); DMF:  agréer; TLF:  agréer; OED:  agree v.; MED:  agreen v.; DMLBS: 55b agreare ]
aggreer,  agraer;  agrer,  agrere;  agrier  

v.a.

1to agree to: 
( s.xiiiin; MS: s.xiii2/4 )  vostre mere iert baptizee Demein le jur si Deu le agree  6898
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  (with a view to marriage) De Blanche sa cosine ad sire E. parlé […] si Seinte Eglise l’agré  260.382
( 1311 )  les queles Ordinances […] agreoms, acceptoms, affermoms  i 167
♦to accept, admit (employee, officer, etc.): 
( 1406 )  sur condicioun q’ils agrierent le dit J. pur soun dit prisoner  iii 597
( 1469 )  si eux variount del presentement l’evesque n’est tenus de recev (l. recevre) le clerk de null de eux tanque que eux sount aggrees  118
♦to acknowledge, admit as true: 
( 1472-73 )  il agree qu’ils fueront un mesme parson  ii 16
♦to answer (prayer): 
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiim )  Ke pur Jesu, […], Sa preere lui agraant  4180
2to settle: 
( 1415 )  mez dettez pour estre paiés et aggreez  ii 44
3to recompense, pay: 
( 1393-95; MS: s.xv1 )  volons ensement que le dit H. soit paiez et agreez de son repasse selon l’effect de sa endenture susdite  255.15
4to please, satisfy: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  le cunrei le rei ke m’estoet aprester, Ke il seit agreé demain a sun disner  909
agreer de, en
1to agree to, accept: 
( 1425 )  ne voillent a luy paier, n’agrer d’icelles somes  iv 312
( 1489 )  en ceux il agré ové toutz auterz brevez  187
♦to give satisfaction to: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  En cest secle lor almes heent Ke (=in order that) en pardurable vie agreent  2526
agreer ové
1to come to an agreement with: 
( 1475-76 )  ascunz disoient que covient agreer ovec les customers  ii 35
1lawto agree, concur with (a document): 
( 1489 )  cell breve in le remainder agree ové le formedon in discender  i 198
s’agreer a, de
1to agree to: 
( 1302 )  se agrea il ren de cele rescouse?  30-31 Ed I 128
( 1311 )  ordeinement […] a quel le Roi se agrea  i 163 xxii
( 1338 )  il n’ust agardé la rente deu puis le jugement: color non est nisi quod pars s’agrea des damages taxés  11-12 Ed III 517
( 1352 )  le roi s’agré bien qe ensi soit  206
( 1400-01 )  A quel respons les ditz communes s’agrerent bien  iii 457
estre agrée de
1to agree, accept: 
( 1404; MS: s.xv1 )  en nostre darrein Parlement […] vous estiez agreez de cesser de toutes maneres accions […] mais nonobstant celle accord […]  45.11

v.n.

1to be pleasing: 
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiiex )  Un corn prist […]. De piment l’ad empli - beivre est ki bien agree  4156
agreer a
1to be pleasing to: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  sa belté mult li agree  1333
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiim )  iluc sorjornat itant cum li agree  (O) 5224
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  E lui e son hoste, a ki peise u agree, Facent a eus venir  498
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii2 )  Quant l’em en (=fruit) guste, mult li agree  204
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  (husband can put away his adulterous wife:) Mes adeser nel esteut mie Si ne li agree charneument, Ke fere le de dette ne li apent  11413
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Un feysaunt […] le envea, Le present mut ly agrea  3822
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  E li felon l’entent que cist plait ne l’agré  359.1887
2(of wind) to be favourable: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  E vont en lur pais, car le vent lur agree (var. (P: c.1310) ad gree)  630

v.refl.

1to agree: 
( 1314 )  q’il face au dit monsire E. ascun bienfait, dount il se agree que adunk tute la dite annuelté soit estaint  ii 1257
2to be pleased: 
( 1355 )  il fist paier ses alliez […], si q’ils se agrerent bien  ii 264
agreable  agree#1  agreement  desagreer  greer 
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