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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Agree \A*gree"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Agreed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Agreeing}.] [F. agr['e]er to accept or receive kindly, fr.
     [`a] gr['e]; [`a] (L. ad) + gr['e] 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.
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              If music and sweet poetry agree.      --Shak.
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              Their witness agreed not together.    --Mark xiv.
                                                    56.
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              The more you agree together, the less hurt can your
              enemies do you.                       --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
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     2. To yield assent; to accede; -- followed by to; as, to
        agree to an offer, or to opinion.
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     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.
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              Agree with thine adversary quickly.   --Matt. v. 25.
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              Didst not thou agree with me for a penny ? --Matt.
                                                    xx. 13.
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     4. To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to
        correspond; as, the picture does not agree with the
        original; the two scales agree exactly.
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     5. To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well; as, the
        same food does not agree with every constitution.
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     6. (Gram.) To correspond in gender, number, case, or person.
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     Note: 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.
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     Syn: To assent; concur; consent; acquiesce; accede; engage;
          promise; stipulate; contract; bargain; correspond;
          harmonize; fit; tally; coincide; comport.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  agreeing \agreeing\ adj. prenom.
     1. in agreement; of the same mind; having the same opinion.
  
     Syn: concordant, concurring(prenominal).
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     2. expressing agreement or consent.
  
     Syn: assentient, assenting.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  144 Moby Thesaurus words for "agreeing":
     accompanying, accordant, acquiescent, acquiescing, affirmative,
     agreeable, agreed, akin, amicable, answerable, approving,
     assentatious, assenting, associate, associated, at one,
     at one with, attuned, carried by acclamation, coacting, coactive,
     coadunate, coetaneous, coeternal, coeval, coexistent, coexisting,
     coherent, coincident, coinciding, coinstantaneous, collaborative,
     collateral, collective, collusive, combined, combining,
     commensurate, compatible, compliable, compliant, conceding,
     concerted, concessive, concomitant, concordant, concurrent,
     concurring, conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, conjoint,
     consentaneous, consentient, consenting, consilient, consistent,
     consonant, conspiratorial, contemporaneous, contemporary, content,
     conterminous, cooperant, cooperating, cooperative, coordinate,
     correspondent, corresponding, coterminous, coworking, eager,
     empathetic, empathic, en rapport, endorsing, equivalent, favorable,
     frictionless, harmonious, in accord, in agreement, in concert,
     in rapport, in sync, in synchronization, in tune, inaccordance,
     inharmony, isochronal, isochronous, joint, like-minded, meeting,
     nothing loath, of a piece, of like mind, of one accord,
     of one mind, on all fours, parasitic, peaceful, permissive,
     positive, prompt, proportionate, ratifying, ready, reconcilable,
     sanctioning, saprophytic, self-consistent, simultaneous, solid,
     submissive, symbiotic, sympathetic, synchronized, synchronous,
     synergetic, synergic, synergistic, together, unanimous,
     unchallenged, uncontested, uncontradicted, uncontroverted,
     understanding, ungrudging, uniform, unison, unisonant, unisonous,
     united, uniting, unloath, unopposed, unrefusing, unreluctant,
     willing, with one consent, with one voice
  
  

















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