"agreen" meaning in Middle English

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Verb

IPA: /aˈɡreːən/
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French agreer; equivalent to agre + -en (infinitival suffix). Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|agreer}} Old French agreer, {{af|enm|agre|-en|id2=infinitival|pos2=infinitival suffix}} agre + -en (infinitival suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} agreen, {{tlb|enm|Late ME}} (Late Middle English) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|agre}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], agreen [infinitive], to agreen [infinitive], agree [infinitive], agree [first-person, present, singular], agreed [first-person, past, singular], agreest [present, second-person, singular], agreedest [past, second-person, singular], agreeth [present, singular, third-person], agreed [past, singular, third-person], agree [present, singular, subjunctive], agreed [past, singular, subjunctive], agree [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], agreen [plural, present], agree [plural, present], agreeden [past, plural], agreede [past, plural], agreeth [imperative, plural, present], agree [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], agreynge [participle, present], agreende [participle, present], agreed [participle, past], yagreed [participle, past], agre [alternative], a-green [alternative], agree [alternative], aggre [alternative]
  1. To ingratiate or please; to make content or favoured. Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-agreen-enm-verb-1bTGxxNc Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Emotions Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 22 25 27 25 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 23 25 26 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 25 27 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 26 26 25 Disambiguation of Emotions: 22 26 26 25
  2. To agree; to give one's approval or permission. Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-agreen-enm-verb-Twqe2xfX Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Emotions Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 22 25 27 25 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 20 32 24 23 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 23 25 26 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 25 27 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 26 26 25 Disambiguation of Emotions: 22 26 26 25
  3. To recompense; to pay a charge or perform an obligation. Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-agreen-enm-verb-H7yrcsmg Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Emotions Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 22 25 27 25 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 23 25 26 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 25 27 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 26 26 25 Disambiguation of Emotions: 22 26 26 25
  4. (rare) To make a bilateral compact. Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare
    Sense id: en-agreen-enm-verb-nWPrr-0f Categories (other): Late Middle English, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Emotions Disambiguation of Late Middle English: 22 25 27 25 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 23 25 26 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 25 27 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 26 26 25 Disambiguation of Emotions: 22 26 26 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: agrement, agreable, agreablely

Alternative forms

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      "form": "agreede",
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      ]
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          "_dis": "23 25 26 25",
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        {
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        "To agree; to give one's approval or permission."
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        "To recompense; to pay a charge or perform an obligation."
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        "To make a bilateral compact."
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        "(rare) To make a bilateral compact."
      ],
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈɡreːən/"
    }
  ],
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}
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        "present"
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        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "present"
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        "present"
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        "past"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "agre",
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    },
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      "form": "a-green",
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        "alternative"
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    {
      "form": "agree",
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    {
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  "senses": [
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        "To ingratiate or please; to make content or favoured."
      ],
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        [
          "content",
          "content"
        ],
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          "favoured",
          "favoured"
        ]
      ],
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        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To agree; to give one's approval or permission."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To recompense; to pay a charge or perform an obligation."
      ],
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        "Late-Middle-English"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make a bilateral compact."
      ],
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        "(rare) To make a bilateral compact."
      ],
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        "Late-Middle-English",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/aˈɡreːən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "agreen"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (58c391d and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.