were probably derived from the transitive verb used reflexively. "I agree me well to your desire." Ld.
Berners.
Syn. — To assent; concur; consent; acquiesce; accede; engage; promise; stipulate; contract; bargain; correspond; harmonize; fit; tally; coincide; comport.
Agree
(A*gree") v. t.
1. To make harmonious; to reconcile or make friends. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. To admit, or come to one mind concerning; to settle; to arrange; as, to agree the fact; to agree differences.
[Obs.]
Agreeability
(A*gree`a*bil"i*ty) n. [OF. agreablete.]
1. Easiness of disposition. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. The quality of being, or making one's self, agreeable; agreeableness. Thackeray.
Agreeable
(A*gree"a*ble) a. [F. agréable.]
1. Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable
person; fruit agreeable to the taste.
A train of agreeable reveries.
Goldsmith.
2. Willing; ready to agree or consent. [Colloq.]
These Frenchmen give unto the said captain of Calais a great sum of money, so that he will be but content
and agreeable that they may enter into the said town.
Latimer.
3. Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; — followed by to, rarely by
with.
That which is agreeable to the nature of one thing, is many times contrary to the nature of another.
L'Estrange.
4. In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; — in this sense used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable
to the order of the day, the House took up the report.
Syn. — Pleasing; pleasant; welcome; charming; acceptable; amiable. See Pleasant.
Agreeableness
(A*gree"a*ble*ness), n.
1. The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure
to the mind or senses.
That author . . . has an agreeableness that charms us.
Pope.
2. The quality of being agreeable or suitable; suitableness or conformity; consistency.
The agreeableness of virtuous actions to human nature.
Pearce.
3. Resemblance; concordance; harmony; — with to or between. [Obs.]
The agreeableness between man and the other parts of the universe.
Grew.
Agreeably
(A*gree"a*bly), adv.
