dree
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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From Middle English dreen, dreghen, dreogen, from Old English drēogan, from Proto-Germanic *dreuganą (“to work, act, do military service”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to hold fast”). Cognate with Scots dree, drie (“to endure, thole, suffer, bear”), Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (driugan, “to do military service”), Icelandic drýgja (“to commit, connect, perpetrate, lengthen”). See also dright, drighten.
Verb
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- (transitive, chiefly dialectal, North England and Scotland) To suffer; bear; endure; put up with; undergo.
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume 8:
- And redoubled pine for its dwellers I dree.
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume 8:
- (intransitive, chiefly dialectal, North England and Scotland) To endure; brook; be able to do or continue.
Synonyms
- (suffer): See also Thesaurus:tolerate
- (endure):
Derived terms
Etymology 2
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From Middle English dreȝ, dregh, dryȝ (“long, extended, great”), from Old English *drēog (“fit, sober, earnest”) and/or Old Norse drjúgr (“extensive, sufficient”); both from Proto-Germanic *dreugaz (“extensive, firm”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to hold fast”). Cognate with Scots dreich (“extensive, lasting, long-lasting, tedious, tiresome, slow”), West Frisian drege (“extensive, long-lasting”), Danish drøj (“tough, solid, heavy”), Swedish dryg (“lasting, liberal, hard, large, ample”), Icelandic drjúgur (“long, substantial, ample, heavy”).
Alternative forms
Adjective
dree (comparative more dree, superlative most dree)
- (now chiefly dialectal) Long; large; ample; great.
- (now chiefly dialectal) Great; of serious moment.
- (now chiefly dialectal) Tedious; wearisome; tiresome.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Middle English dreghe, dregh, from dregh, dreȝ (“long, extended, great”). See above.
Noun
dree (plural drees)
Anagrams
Low German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Low German drê, drî, drie.
Numeral
dree
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Luxembourgish
Verb
dree
Plautdietsch
Etymology
From Middle Low German drê, drî, drie.
Numeral
dree
Scots
Etymology
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From Old English drēogan, from Proto-Germanic *dreuganą.
Pronunciation
Verb
dree (third-person singular simple present drees, present participle dreein, simple past dreed, past participle dreed)
Derived terms
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