agréer

to accept

“Veuillez agréer l'expression de mes sentiments respectueux.” — Semi-literally 'please accept my expression of respect'

Inherited from Middle French agreer (“to accept, receive, admit, welcome”), from Old French agreer (“to consent, approve, be grateful”), from a- + gré (“consent, permission, will”). Compare Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish agradar.

to prepare; rig; trim

Inherited from Middle French agreer (“to equip”), from Anglo-Norman agreier (“to equip, equip a ship with tackle”), from a- + *greier, from Old Norse greida (“to put in order, prepare, arrange”), from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaną (“to prepare, put in order”), from Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- (“to put in order, make comfortable”). Cognate with Old English ġerǣdan (“to arrange, assist”), Middle High German gereiten (“to arrange, prepare”), Middle Dutch gereide (“equipment, harness”). More at Englis