agreen
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old French agreer; equivalent to agre + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editagreen (Late Middle English)
- To ingratiate or please; to make content or favoured.
- To agree; to give one's approval or permission.
- To recompense; to pay a charge or perform an obligation.
- (rare) To make a bilateral compact.
Conjugation
editConjugation of agreen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Related terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “agrẹ̄en, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-15.
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