greelt (gre)

[ Thre grece or IIII is up therto to goo. A-bouenne the grece as thou shalt gone, Stondeth a chapelle hym self a-lone. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 18. Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 114. 2. A step or degree in a series; a degree in order or rank; degree; order of precedence or merit. gree. Ther nys no thing in gree super lat if, As seith Senec, above an humble wyf. Chaucer, Merchant's Tale, 1. 131. Therfore the feuere agu is the posityue degree; and in the superlatyue degree, com par at if gree and super lat if Book of Quinte E ence (ed. Furnivall), p. 22. To take the grees and hyght of euery starre. Lydgate. Injurious Cuba, ill it fits thy 'gree To wrong a stranger with discourtesy. Greene, Orlando Furioso.