Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Greet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Greet \Greet\, a.
Great. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Greet \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Greet \Greet\, n.
Mourning. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Greet \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Greet \Greet\, v. i.
To meet and give salutations.
There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep
in peace. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Greet \Greet\, n.
Greeting. [Obs.] --F. Beaumont.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
greet
v 1: express greetings upon meeting someone [syn: {recognize}, {recognise}]
2: send greetings to
3: react to in a certain way; "The President was greeted with
catcalls"
4: be perceived by; "Loud music greeted him when he entered the
apartment"
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