GREETS

Verb

greets

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of greet

Noun

greets pl (plural only)

(demoscene) Greetings sent to other demosceners, often included in the scrolltext of a demo.

Anagrams

• Geters, Steger, Strege, egrets, regest, regets

Source: Wiktionary


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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