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7 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: greet v 1: express greetings upon meeting someone [syn: {recognize}] 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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