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agree (iou) and querent (iou)


agree (iou)



agree verb. Pa. t. & pple agreed. LME.
[Old & mod. French agreer ult. from Latin ad AG- + gratus pleasing, agreeable. Cf. GREE noun2.]
I. Please, be pleased.
verb trans. Please. LME-L15.
verb trans. Be pleased with, accept. LME-M17.
II. Make agreeable or harmonious.
verb trans. & intrans. Pay (a person); settle an account with. Only in LME.
verb trans. Arrange, settle; reach agreement concerning; consent to, approve of. LME.
Spenser Some troublous uprore, Whereto he drew in haste it to agree. Pope Did I for this agree The solemn truce?
verb trans. Reconcile (persons), cause to be friends. L15-L17.
verb trans. Bring into harmony (things that differ; now only discrepant accounts etc.). M17.
III. Become well-disposed.
verb intrans. Give consent, accede. (Foll. by to, to do, that.) LME.
Shakespeare 1 Henry VI Post..to France; Agree to any covenants. Ld Macaulay He reluctantly agreed..that some indulgence should be granted. G. B. Shaw Theyve agreed to come to the breakfast. Scott Fitzgerald 'All right,' I agreed, 'I'll be glad to.'
verb refl. Accede, consent to. LME-L16.
verb intrans. Accede to the opinion of. E16-M17.
IV. Come into harmony.
verb intrans. Come into accord as to something; come to terms. (Foll. by for a payment or price; on, as to, of a matter or point; to do something; or that.) LME.
agree to differ, agree to disagree no longer try to convince each Other.
verb intrans. Make up differences; become friends. Now dial. LME.
V. Be in harmony.
verb intrans. Of things: accord (together); coincide in any respect (with); be consistent (with, to). L15.
Shakespeare Taming of Shrew At last..our jarring notes agree. Swift The constitution of the English government..to which the present establishment of the church doth so happily agree. Yeats If his tale agrees with yours, then I am clear.
a. verb intrans. Be of the same mind as to particular points; concur with a person in, on, as to, about, that, such to be. L15.
I couldn't agree more, I couldn't agree with you more colloq. I am in complete agreement (with you).
b. verb intrans. Feel or state one's thoughts to be in accordance (with an opinion or statement). M16.
c. verb trans. Say in agreement. M19.
verb intrans. Do well with:
a. Of a person: be suited by (a Food, climate, etc.). obsolete exc. dial. E16.
G. Burnet Fagius, not agreeing with this air, died soon after.
b. Of Food, a climate, etc.: suit the constitution of (a person). E17.
K. Amis Spirits don't seem to agree with you.
verb intrans. Be suitable or appropriate to. M16-L17.
verb intrans. Be in sympathy; live or act together harmoniously. (Foll. by together, with.) M16.
T. Fuller It is probable that in Noahs Ark the wolf agreed with the lambe.
verb intrans. Grammar. Have the same number, gender, case, person, etc. (Foll. by with.) M16.
agreeance noun (now rare) agreement E16.
agreeing ppl adjective (a) according to; (b) that agree(s) (with etc.): E16.
agreeingly adverb (now rare) (a) in an agreeing manner; (b) according to: M16.
agreer noun a person who or thing which agrees M16.

querent (iou)



querent noun. L16.
[Latin quaerent- pres. ppl stem of quaerere inquire: see -ENT.]
A person who inquires; spec. a person who consults an astrologer.