gree /ˈgri/
  Gree n.
  1. Good will; favor; pleasure; satisfaction; -- used esp. in such phrases as: to take in gree; to accept in gree; that is, to take favorably. [Obs.]
     Accept in gree, my lord, the words I spoke.   --Fairfax.
  2. Rank; degree; position. [Obs. or Scot.]
     He is a shepherd great in gree.   --Spenser.
  3. The prize; the honor of the day; as, to bear the gree, i. e., to carry off the prize. [Obs. or Scot.]
  Gree, n.; pl. Grees obs. plurals Greece Grice Grise, Grize etc.  A step.
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