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English Dictionary: greet	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for greet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
greet v express greetings upon meeting someone [syn: greet, recognize, recognise] send greetings to react to in a certain way; "The President was greeted with catcalls" be perceived by; "Loud music greeted him when he entered the apartment"
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\, v. i. [OE. greten, AS. gr[aemac]tan, gr[emac]tan; akin to Icel. gr[amac]ta, Sw. gr[aring]ta, Dan. gr[91]de, Goth. gr[emac]ctan; cf. Skr. hr[amac]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\, a. Great. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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[emac]tan to address, approach; akin to OS. gr[omac]tian, LG. gr[94]ten, D. groeten, OHG. gruozzen, G. gr[81]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\, n. Greeting. [Obs.] --F. Beaumont.