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verb

Greet v. t. (past & past part. greeted; pres. part. greeting)

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."

To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad. "In vain the spring my senses greets."

To accost; to address.

Greet v. i. (Written also greit) To weep; to cry; to lament. (Obs. or Scot.)

Greet v. i. To meet and give salutations. "There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace."

adjective

Greet adj. Great. (Obs.)

noun

Greet n. Mourning. (Obs.)

Greet n. Greeting. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Greet'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Greet" Quotes from Famous Books

... hoped he would often come to see them, and Mr. Haverstock looked pontifical and said, "Ah, yes. Poor Ireland! Poor Ireland! Tragic! Tragic!" He waved his hand in a vague fashion, and then turned to greet the representative of another distressed nation. John could hear him murmuring, "Ah, yes. Poor Georgia! Poor Georgia! Tragic! Tragic!" but was unable to hear any more because Mrs. Haverstock led him up to a lean, staring youth with goggle eyes who, she ...

— The Foolish Lovers • St. John G. Ervine

... to meet Fred Garrison, and on the following afternoon drove down to the railroad station at Oak Run to greet his chum. ...

— The Rover Boys on the River - The Search for the Missing Houseboat • Arthur Winfield

... bore an hour's joking or an hour's scolding with equal good-humour; and whatever had been the occurrences of her simple day, whether there was sunshine or cloudy weather, or flashes of lightning and bursts of rain, I fancy Miss Mackenzie slept after them quite undisturbedly, and was sure to greet the ...

— The Newcomes • William Makepeace Thackeray

... repaired at once to Miss Stanhope's cottage, to greet and chat a little with her and others who had come before to the gathering; prominently among them Mr. and Mrs. Keith from Pleasant Plains, Indiana, with their daughters, Mrs. Landreth, Mrs. Ormsby, and Annis, who was ...

— Elsie at Nantucket • Martha Finley

... said, "is nine-tenths caution and one-tenth devilment. Yon glavering idiot has long ears to match his long tongue. And now, sir, let me greet ...

— The Yeoman Adventurer • George W. Gough

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