dree
Definition
- Verb (archaic):
- To endure or suffer: "dree" means to bear, undergo, or tolerate something difficult or painful, often with a sense of resignation or acceptance.
Usage Examples
- (He must endure the results of what he has done.)
- (He had to suffer many difficulties.)
Advanced Usage
- "to dree one's weird": an archaic phrase meaning to accept or submit to one's fate or destiny.
- She knew she could not change the outcome, so she chose to dree her weird. (She accepted her fate without resistance.)
Variants and Related Words
- Dreeing (present participle): the act of enduring.
- He is dreeing the long winter alone. (He is enduring the winter by himself.)
- Dreed (past tense): endured.
- They dreed the storm together. (They endured the storm together.)
Synonyms
- Endure: to suffer patiently.
- Bear: to carry or support a burden.
- Tolerate: to allow something unpleasant to exist.
Related Idioms
- "dree one's weird": to submit to one's destiny.
- In the old tale, the hero must dree his weird and face the dragon. (The hero must accept his fate and confront the dragon.)