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Etymology

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From con- + Latin gratus (pleasing). Compare agree.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɒŋˈɡɹiː/, /kəŋˈɡɹiː/

Verb

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congree (third-person singular simple present congrees, present participle congreeing, simple past and past participle congreed)

  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To agree.
    • 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]:
      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.

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