GREET

greet

(verb) react to in a certain way; “The President was greeted with catcalls”

greet

(verb) send greetings to

greet, recognize, recognise

(verb) express greetings upon meeting someone

greet

(verb) be perceived by; “Loud music greeted him when he entered the apartment”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Verb

greet (third-person singular simple present greets, present participle greeting, simple past and past participle greeted)

(transitive) To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means e.g. writing or over the phone/internet

(transitive) To arrive at or reach, or meet (talking of something which brings joy)

(transitive) To accost; to address.

(intransitive, archaic) To meet and give salutations.

(transitive) To be perceived by (somebody).

Etymology 2

Adjective

greet (comparative more greet, superlative most greet)

(obsolete, outside, Scotland) Great.

Etymology 3

Verb

greet (third-person singular simple present greets, present participle greeting, simple past and past participle grat or grutten or greeted)

(Scotland, Northern England) To weep; to cry.

Noun

greet (uncountable)

(obsolete) Mourning, weeping, lamentation.

Anagrams

• Geter, egret, reget

Source: Wiktionary

Greet, a.

Definition: Great. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Greet, v. i. Etym: [OE. greten, AS. grtan, grlan; akin to Icel. grata, Sw. gita, Dan. grde, Goth. grctan; cf. Skr. hrd to sound, roar. sq. root50.]

Definition: To weep; to cry; to lament. [Obs. or Scot.] [Written also greit.] Spenser.

Greet, n.

Definition: Mourning. [Obs.] Spenser.

Greet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Greeting.] Etym: [OE. greten, AS. grtan to address, approach; akin to OS. gr, LG gröten, D. groeten, OHG. gruozzen, G. grüssen.]

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.

Greet, v. i.

Definition: To meet and give salutations. There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace. Shak.

Greet, n.

Definition: Greeting. [Obs.] F. Beaumont.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition