Dree vs Ree - What's the difference?
dree | ree |
To suffer; bear; thole; endure; put up with; undergo.
* 1885 , Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night , volume 8:
To endure; brook; be able to do or continue.
(now, chiefly, dialectal) Long; large; ample; great.
(now, chiefly, dialectal) Great; of serious moment.
(now, chiefly, dialectal) Tedious; wearisome; tiresome.
Wild; fierce; outrageous; overexcited; frenzied; delirious; crazy.
Befuddled with liquor; half-drunk; tipsy.
To become extremely excited; fly into a rage.
To drive into a state of excitement; fire with enthusiasm.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) To riddle; to sift; to separate or throw off.
As a verb dree
is to suffer; bear; thole; endure; put up with; undergo.As an adjective dree
is (now|chiefly|dialectal) long; large; ample; great.As a noun dree
is (now|chiefly|dialectal) length; extension; the longest part.dree
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) dreen, dreghen, dreogen, from (etyl) . See also (l), (l).Verb
(d)- And redoubled pine for its dwellers I dree .
Derived terms
* (l) *Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l), (l) (Scotland)Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 3
From (etyl) dreghe, dregh, from dregh, . See above.Anagrams
* * * * ----ree
English
Etymology 1
Etymology 2
From (etyl) rei, reh, reoh, from (etyl) . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l) (Scotland)Adjective
(en-adj)Verb
Etymology 3
Compare (riddle) a sieve.Verb
- (Mortimer)