gree2t (gre)

[ Princes, re eyeth this Compleynt in gre. Off aduersite en gree take the porte. Chaucer , Complaint of Venus, 1. 73. Rom . of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3819. Receive, most Noble Lord, in gentle gree, The unripe fruit of an unready wit. Spenser, F. Q., To the Earle of Oxenford. Yet take in gree whatever do befall. Drayton, Eclogues, v. 1. 2. Favor; partiality. History... (after the partial gree of the late authors) has been to all good purposes silent of him. Roger North, Lord Guilford, I. 6. IMG:content-2640.png:[blocks in formation] =Syn. 1. Greedine , Greed; eagerne , avidity. Greedine is used either literally or figuratively, greedine for food, greedine for favors, applause, knowledge; greed has now lost its literal sense, and is rarely used except for avarice and in such phrases as greed of gain, greed of wealth, greed of gold. Who... have given themselves over... to work all uncleanne with greedine . Eph. iv. 19. If greed of power and gold have led thee on, Not lightly shall this untold wealth be won. William Morris , Earthly Paradise, I. 329. greed2+, v. i. [ME. greeden , greden , graden (pret. gradde ), grædan , cry out (as a cock, goose, man, etc.); a different word from grætan , E. greet2 , weep: see greet2 .] To cry; cry out; call. That maide for the drede Bigan to crie and to grede. King Horn (E. E. T. S.), p. 64. For that skille "ocy, ocy," I grede. Cuckoo and Nightingale, 1. 185. greed3 (gred), n. [ grede (not found), græde , gra (L. gramen ), glo ed also ulva , sedge; > græde , gredde , gra y.] 1. A pond- weed ( Potamogeton in several species): usu- ally in plural. [Local, Eng.]-2. pl . Straw used to make manure in a farm-yard. [Prov. Eng.] greedily (gre'di-li), adv . [ gredely , gredi- liche , AS. grædiglice (= D. gretiglijk = Icel. grādhuliga ), grædig , greedy: see greedy .] In a greedy manner; with reference to food, vor a- ciously; ravenously; with a coarse exhibition of appetite: as, to eat or swallow greedily . They have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily af- ter the error of Balaam for reward. Jude 11. If the air were perfectly dry, evaporation would be ex- tremely rapid, and the vapour greedily licked up. Huxley , Physiography, p. 68. greedine (grē'di-nes), n. [ gredine e , gredizne e , grædignes , greedine , dig , greedy: see greedy .] The quality of being 3. The prize; the honor of the day: as, to bear greedy, especially with reference to the gratior win the gree. Duk These us leet crye, To stynten alle rancour and envye, The gree as wel of o syde as of other. Chaucer , Knight's Tale, 1. 1875. When thai hade wasted the won & wonen the gre, All the tresour thay toke & turnyt to ship. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4780. Sir John the Graham did bear the gree. Gallant Grahams (Child's Ballads, VII. 139). 4. In law , satisfaction for an offense committed or an injury done. They shall be put in the stocks in the town where they be taken, for three days, without bail or mainprise, till they will make gree , and from thence they shall be sent to gaol. Laws of Hen . IV ., quoted in Ribton-Turner's [Vagrants and Vagrancy, p. 64. Now, good sir abbot, be my friend, For thy courtesy, And hold my lands in thy hands Till I have made the gree . To bear the gree. See def. 3. Old ballad . fication of the animal appetites; hence, specifically, ravenousne ; voracity. Fox in stealth, wolf in greedine . Shak . , Lear, iii. 4. I with the same greedine did seek, As water when I thirst, to swallow Greek. Sir J. Denham. =Syn. Gluttony, rapacity, eagerne , avidity. See greed . greedy (gre'di), a . [ gredy , gredi , grediz , grædig = OS. grādag , grādog = D. gretig (for * gredig ) , contr. graag = OHG. gratag , gra tac = Icel. grādhugr = Dan. graadig = Goth. gredags , greedy; from a noun preserved only in AS. græd , E. greed1 = Icel. grādhr = Goth. grē dus , hunger, greed: see greed1 .] 1. Having an inordinate desire for food or drink; raven ous; voracious; very hungry. Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. Ps. xvii. 12. They are greedy dogs which can never have enough. Isa, lvi. 11.