Dreed

/driːd/ verb

Definition

Past tense of 'dree'; endured, suffered, or tolerated.

Etymology

Regular past tense of the archaic/dialectal verb 'dree'. Forms 'dree,' 'dreed,' 'dreed' following older English weak verb patterns.

Kelly Says

This past tense is almost never used in modern English except in historical texts or when deliberately evoking Scottish/archaic style—it's a word form that's essentially frozen in time.

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