{ A*gre", A*gree" } (&?;), adv. [F.
à gré. See Agree.] In good part;
kindly. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
A*gree" (&?;), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Agreed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n.
Agreeing.] [F. agréer to accept or receive kindly, fr.
à gré; à (L. ad) +
gré 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.
&fist; 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.
A*gree" (&?;), v. t. 1.
To make harmonious; to reconcile or make friends. [Obs.]
Spenser.
2. To admit, or come to one mind concerning; to
settle; to arrange; as, to agree the fact; to agree
differences. [Obs.]