Dree
[dri:]
Definition
(v. t.) To endure; to suffer.
(v. i.) To be able to do or endure.
(a.) Wearisome; tedious.
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Definition
v.i. to endure bear esp. in Dree one's weird to abide one's destiny.
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Examples
- A man leads a dree life who's not i' th' Union. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I were married on Eas'r Monday nineteen year sin, long and dree. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Everyman must dree his weird, said Carriston, watering-pot in hand. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I ha' been—dreadful, and dree, and long, my dear—but 'tis ower now. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
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