Agrappes
(A*grappes") n. pl. [OF. agrappe, F. agrafe; a + grappe (see Grape) fr. OHG. krapfo hook.]
Hooks and eyes for armor, etc. Fairholt.
Agrarian
(A*gra"ri*an) a. [L. agrarius, fr. ager field.]
1. Pertaining to fields, or lands, or their tenure; esp., relating to an equal or equitable division of lands; as,
the agrarian laws of Rome, which distributed the conquered and other public lands among citizens.
His Grace's landed possessions are irresistibly inviting to an agrarian experiment.
Burke.
2. (Bot.) Wild; — said of plants growing in the fields.
Agrarian
(A*gra"ri*an), n.
1. One in favor of an equal division of landed property.
2. An agrarian law. [R.]
An equal agrarian is perpetual law.
Harrington.
Agrarianism
(A*gra"ri*an*ism) n. An equal or equitable division of landed property; the principles or acts
of those who favor a redistribution of land.
Agrarianize
(A*gra"ri*an*ize) v. t. To distribute according to, or to imbue with, the principles of agrarianism.
Agre
(A*gre", A*gree") adv. [F. à gré. See Agree.] In good part; kindly. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
Agree
(A*gree") v. i. [imp. & p. p. Agreed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Agreeing.] [F. agréer to accept or receive
kindly, fr. à gré; à (L. ad) + gré 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.
If music and sweet poetry agree.
Shak.
Their witness agreed not together.
Mark xiv. 56.
The more you agree together, the less hurt can your enemies do you.
Sir T. Browne.
2. To yield assent; to accede; — followed by to; as, to agree to an offer, or to opinion.
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.
Agree with thine adversary quickly.
Matt. v. 25.
Didst not thou agree with me for a penny ?
Matt. xx. 13.
4. To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond; as, the picture does not agree with the
original; the two scales agree exactly.
5. To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well; as, the same food does not agree with every constitution.
6. (Gram.) To correspond in gender, number, case, or person.
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
