adree

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verb

To carry on; practice; pass (life, time, etc.).

OriginMiddle English adreȝen ← Old English ādrēogan →
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Meanings

verbadree (third-person singular simple present adrees, present participle adreeing, simple past and past participle adreed)

present singular third person adrees · participle present adreeing · participle past adreed · past adreed

  1. ambitransitiveobsoleteTo carry on; practice; pass (life, time, etc.).
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo bear; endure; suffer; thole.

Origin

  1. Old Englishādrēogan“to act, do, perform, practice, bear, suffer, endure, pass time, live”
  2. Middle Englishadreȝen
  3. Englishadree

From Middle English adreȝen, adreoȝen, from Old English ādrēogan (“to act, do, perform, practice, bear, suffer, endure, pass time, live”), equivalent to a- + dree.

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APA

adree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adree

MLA

“adree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adree. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adree,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adree.

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