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Agree   /əgrˈi/   Listen
verb
Agree  v. t.  
1.
To make harmonious; to reconcile or make friends. (Obs.)
2.
To admit, or come to one mind concerning; to settle; to arrange; as, to agree the fact; to agree differences. (Obs.)



Agree  v. i.  (past & past part. agreed; pres. part. agreeing)  
1.
To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur; as, all parties agree in the expediency of the law. "If music and sweet poetry agree." "Their witness agreed not together." "The more you agree together, the less hurt can your enemies do you."
2.
To yield assent; to accede; followed by to; as, to agree to an offer, or to opinion.
3.
To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise. "Agree with thine adversary quickly." "Didst not thou agree with me for a penny?"
4.
To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond; as, the picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly.
5.
To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well; as, the same food does not agree with every constitution.
6.
(Gram.) To correspond in gender, number, case, or person. Note: The auxiliary forms of to be are often employed with the participle agreed. "The jury were agreed." "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" The principal intransitive uses were probably derived from the transitive verb used reflexively. "I agree me well to your desire."
Synonyms: To assent; concur; consent; acquiesce; accede; engage; promise; stipulate; contract; bargain; correspond; harmonize; fit; tally; coincide; comport.



adverb
Agree, Agre  adv.  In good part; kindly. (Obs.)






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"Agree" Quotes from Famous Books



... Francis Ferdinand, was not so easy to handle as his aged uncle. Accounts agree that he was arrogant, ambitious and had a will of his own. He was unpopular in his country and probably unpopular with the Germans. Being of the disposition he was, it is very likely that the Kaiser found it difficult to bend him completely to his will. Being a stumbling block in the way ...
— History of the American Negro in the Great World War • W. Allison Sweeney

... Ephesus, write," etc. Or, "Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the external institution of certain forms of worship which is in his house,"—what awkward results we should have, here and there! Now I do not say it is possible for men to agree with each other in their religious opinions, but it is certainly possible for them to agree with each other upon their religious expressions; and when a word occurs in the Bible a hundred and fourteen times, it is surely not asking too much of contending ...
— On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) - A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature • John Ruskin

... the monster under their noses and making him wriggle to show that he was really alive and not operated by clockwork, and enthusiastically dilating upon his superior attractions, which, he assured them, would be enormously enhanced if only messieurs would agree forthwith to partake of him in a broiled state. But there were no takers; and so back again he would go to his place by the door, there to remain till ...
— Eating in Two or Three Languages • Irvin S. Cobb

... hideous-looking affair, but it ran like the wind and outdistanced all competitors. From that day Ford's career has been an uninterrupted triumph. But he rejected the earliest offers of capital because the millionaires would not agree to his terms. They were looking for high prices and quick profits, while Ford's plans were for low prices, large sales, and use of profits to extend the business and reduce the cost of his machine. Henry Ford's greatness ...
— Modern American Prose Selections • Various

... bind Congress or the Executive by their construction of a statute, but they were the agents of the United States, first, to submit a definite proposition for the acceptance of the Indians, and, that failing, to agree upon modified terms to be submitted to Congress for ratification. They were dealing with an ignorant and suspicious people, and an explanation of the terms and effect of the offer submitted could not be avoided. Good faith demands that if the United States ...
— A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume IX. • Benjamin Harrison


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