GREET
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Greet (?), a. Great. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Greet, v. i. [OE. greten, AS. gr&aē_;tan, gr&ē;tan; akin to Icel. gr&ā;ta, Sw. gråta, Dan. græde, Goth. gr&ē;ctan; cf. Skr. hr&ā;d to sound, roar. √50.] To weep; to cry; to lament. [Obs. or Scot.] [Written also greit.] Spenser.
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Greet, n. Mourning. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Greet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Greeting.] [OE. greten, AS. gr&ē;tan to address, approach; akin to OS. gr&ō;tian, LG. gr&ö;ten, D. groeten, OHG. gruozzen, G. gr&ü;ssen. √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.
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My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.
Shak.
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2. To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.
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In vain the spring my senses greets.
Addison.
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3. To accost; to address. Pope.
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Greet (gr&ē;t), v. i. To meet and give salutations.
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There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace.
Shak.
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Greet, n. Greeting. [Obs.] F. Beaumont.
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