† bongre, adv. and prep. Obs.
[a. F. bon gré (for de bon gré of good will), in advb. phr. bon gré mal gré willingly or unwillingly: cf. maugre.]
A. adv. With good will, agreeably. B. prep. Agreeably to.
| c 1325 E.E. Allit. P. C. 56 Þe had bowed to his bode, bongre my hyure. 1598 Tofte Alba, The Months Minde (1880) 30 His seruice is not tooke boun gree. |