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Webster 1913 Edition
Greet
Greet
,Adj.
Great.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Greet
,Verb.
I.
[OE.
greten
, AS. grǣtan
, grētan
; akin to Icel. grāta
, Sw. gråta
, Dan. græde
, Goth. grēctan
; cf. Skr. hrād
to sound, roar. √50.] To weep; to cry; to lament.
[Obs. or Scot.]
[Written also
greit
.] Spenser.
Greet
,Noun.
Mourning.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
Greet
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Greeted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Greeting
.] [OE.
greten
, AS. grētan
to address, approach; akin to OS. grōtian
, LG. gröten
, D. groeten
, OHG. gruozzen
, G. grüssen
. √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. Shakespeare
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
(grēt)
, Verb.
I.
To meet and give salutations.
There
greet
in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace. Shakespeare
Greet
,Noun.
Greeting.
[Obs.]
F. Beaumont.
Webster 1828 Edition
Greet
GREET
,Verb.
T.
1.
To address with expressions of kind wishes; to salute in kindness and respect. My lord, the Mayor if London comes to greet you.
2.
To address at meeting; to address in any manner.3.
To congratulate.4.
To pay compliments at a distance; to send kind wishes to. Col.4. 2 Tim.4.5.
To meet and address with kindness; or to express kind wishes accompanied with an embrace. 1 Thess.5.6.
To meet.GREET
,Verb.
I.
There greet in silence, as the dead are wont,
And sleep in peace.
1.
To weep; written by Spenser greit.