dree

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /dri/ UK /driː/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to endure or suffer (Scots and dialectal)

She vowed to dree her weird and accept whatever fate sent.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to endure or suffer (scots... endure suffer bear abide tolerate

Etymology

From Middle English 'dreen', from Old English 'drēogan' ('to endure, work, experience'), from Proto-Germanic '*dreuganą' ('to perform, serve').

drēogan Old English *dreuganą Proto-Germanic

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# dree

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /dri/
**IPA (UK):** /driː/

## Meanings
1. to endure or suffer (Scots and dialectal)

## Examples
- She vowed to dree her weird and accept whatever fate sent.

## Synonyms
- endure
- suffer
- bear
- abide
- tolerate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: drēogan
- Root: *dreuganą

## Etymology
From Middle English 'dreen', from Old English 'drēogan' ('to endure, work, experience'), from Proto-Germanic '*dreuganą' ('to perform, serve').

## AI Etymology
Dree is from Middle English 'dreen', from Old English 'drēogan' ('to endure, work, experience'), from Proto-Germanic '*dreuganą' ('to perform, serve'). The ancestry passes through Old English drēogan and Proto-Germanic *dreuganą. In present use as a verb, it means "to endure or suffer (Scots and dialectal)", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. The modern form is therefore best understood through the stated historical form and present sense, without adding an unsupported chain of cognates or intermediate stages.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Register & Style

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