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adree

adree verb: to carry on; practice; pass (life, time, etc.).

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To carry on; practice; pass (life, time, etc.).
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To bear; endure; suffer; thole.

Forms of adree

third-person singular presentadrees
present participleadreeing
past participleadreed
pastadreed

Origin of adree

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

Questions about adree

What does adree mean?
Adree means to carry on; practice; pass (life, time, etc.).
What part of speech is adree?
Adree is a verb.
What is the past tense of adree?
The past tense of adree is adreed.

Words near adree in the dictionary

  1. adreads
  2. adream
  3. adreamed
  4. adreamt
  5. adrectal
  6. adree
  7. adreed
  8. adreeing
  9. adrees
  10. adren-
  11. adrenal

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