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GREETING
greeting, salutation
(noun) (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
greeting (countable and uncountable, plural greetings)
A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.
(uncountable) The action of the verb to greet.
Verb
greeting
present participle of greet
Source: Wiktionary
Greet"ing, n.
Definition: Expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; a compliment from one absent. Write to him . . . gentle adieus and greetings. Shak.
Syn.
– Salutation; salute; compliment.
GREET
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
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