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Definitions for: Greet
[v] react to in a certain way; "The President was greeted with catcalls"
[v] send greetings to
[v] express greetings upon meeting someone
[v] be perceived by; "Loud music greeted him when he entered the apartment"
Webster (1913) Definition: Greet, a.
Great. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Greet, v. i. [OE. greten, AS. gr[=ae]tan, gr[=e]tan;
akin to Icel. gr[=a]ta, Sw. gr[*a]ta, Dan. gr[ae]de, Goth.
gr[=e]ctan; cf. Skr. hr[=a]d to sound, roar. [root]50.]
To weep; to cry; to lament. [Obs. or Scot.] [Written also
greit.] --Spenser.
Greet, n.
Mourning. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Greet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greeted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Greeting.] [OE. greten, AS. gr[=e]tan to address, approach;
akin to OS. gr[=o]tian, LG. gr["o]ten, D. groeten, OHG.
gruozzen, G. gr["u]ssen. [root]50.]
1. To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes;
to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship;
to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or
through the intervention of another, or by writing or
token.
My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.
--Shak.
2. To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the
heart glad.
In vain the spring my senses greets. --Addison.
3. To accost; to address. --Pope.
Greet, v. i.
To meet and give salutations.
There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep
in peace. --Shak.
Greet, n.
Greeting. [Obs.] --F. Beaumont.
Synonyms: recognise, recognize
See Also: accost, address, bid, bob, come up to, communicate, compliment, curtsy, hail, herald, intercommunicate, present, react, receive, respond, salute, say farewell, shake hands, welcome, wish, wring hands
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