dree
5 synonyms for dree, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To put up with something difficult or unpleasant.
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Etymology
Probably partly borrowed from Scots dree, and partly derived from its etymon Middle English dreen, dreghen, dreogen, drien, from Old English drēogan, from Proto-West Germanic *dreugan, from Proto-Germanic *dreuganą (“to act; to work, (specifically) to do military service”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to hold...
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