congree

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɒŋˈɡɹiː/, /kəŋˈɡɹiː/

Verb

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

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To agree.
   • 1599, 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.

Anagrams

• cogener