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dreeing one's weird

dreeing one's weird is the present participle and gerund of dree one's weird.

Meaning of dree one's weird

Verb

dree one's weird (third-person singular simple present drees one's weird, present participle dreeing one's weird, simple past and past participle dreed one's weird)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal) To submit to one's fate.
    • he must dree his weird;
      Renounce all blessings for that imprecation,
      Steal forth and haunt that builded desolation,1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, section V

Questions about dreeing one's weird

What is dreeing one's weird the present participle and gerund of?
Dreeing one's weird is the present participle and gerund of dree one's weird.

Words near dreeing one's weird in the dictionary

  1. dreds
  2. dree
  3. dree one's weird
  4. dreed
  5. dreeing
  6. dreeing one's weird
  7. Dreeite
  8. Dreeite South
  9. dreely
  10. dreen
  11. dreens

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