Greet
Greet , adjective
Great. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
Greet , intransitive verb
[Old English greten, Anglo-Saxon gratan, grētan; akin to Icelandic grāta, Swedish gråta, Danish grade, Gothic grēctan; compare Sanskrit hrād to sound, roar. r50.]
To weep; to cry; to lament. [Obsolete or Scottish] — Spenser
Greet , noun
Mourning. [Obsolete] — Spenser
Greet , transitive verb
[Old English greten, Anglo-Saxon grētan to address, approach; akin to Old Saxon grōtian, LG. groten, Dutch groeten, Old High German gruozzen, German grussen. r50.]
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.
2.
To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.
In vain the spring my senses greets.
3.
To accost; to address. — Pope
Greet (grēt) , intransitive verb
To meet and give salutations.
There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace.
Greet , noun
Greeting. [Obsolete] — F. Beaumont