Meanings
verbcongree (third-person singular simple present congrees, present participle congreeing, simple past and past participle congreed)
present singular third person congrees · participle present congreeing · participle past congreed · past congreed
- intransitiveobsoleteTo agree.
For government though high and low and lower, Put into parts, doth keep in one consent, Congreeing in a full and natural close, Like music.
1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]
Origin
- Latingratus“pleasing”
- Englishcongree
From con- + Latin gratus (“pleasing”). Compare agree.
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“congree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/congree. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “congree,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/congree.
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