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Gre, n.² Also: gree. [ME. gre (c 1290), OF. gré] Satisfaction, pleasure, goodwill; esp. in the phr. to tak in gre, to be pleased or satisfied with; also to mak gre, to satisfy. 1398 Liber Melros 489.
Hale gre, satisfactioun and payement to … be halily and qvitly made 1461 Liber Plusc. I. 387.
Be nocht in to thi vertu variabile, Bot soberly in paciens tak and gre 1456 Hay I. 139/20.
Gif a knycht … had gevyn a coursour to the Provost … unaskit, bot of his awin propre motyf and gude gree c1460 Thewis Wysmen 213.
Tharfor wysmen suld tak in gre, Thank God of thar aduersytee 1513 Doug. ix. Prol. 70.
Quhar ocht is bad, gays mys, or owt of gre, My lewytnes, I grant, hes all the wyte a1568 Scott xxxvi. 68.
I sowld thame gif, bot thow dennyis Sic to ressaif in gre