Definition

1. 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.)