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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Agree \A*gree"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Agreed}; p. pr & vb n.
{Agreeing}.] [F. agr['e]er to accept or receive kindly, fr
[`a] gr['e]; [`a] (L. ad) + gr['e] good will consent,
liking, fr L. gratus pleasing, agreeable. See {Grateful}.]
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. --Shak.
Their witness agreed not together. --Mark xiv.
56.
The more you agree together, the less hurt can your
enemies do you --Sir T.
Browne.
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. --Matt. v. 25.
Didst not thou agree with me for a penny ? --Matt.
xx 13.
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.''
--Macaulay. ``Can two walk together, except they be
agreed ?'' --Amos iii. 3. The principal intransitive
uses were probably derived from the transitive verb
used reflexively. ``I agree me well to your desire.''
--Ld. Berners
Syn: To assent; concur; consent; acquiesce; accede; engage;
promise; stipulate; contract; bargain; correspond;
harmonize; fit tally; coincide; comport.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
agreed
adj : united by being of the same opinion; "agreed in their
distrust of authority" [syn: {in agreement(p)}]
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