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Greet

//ɡɹiːt// adj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Great.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A village in Winchcombe parish, Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0229). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A hamlet in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9255) countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A suburb in the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1084). countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A minor river in Nottinghamshire, England, which joins the River Trent at Fiskerton (Notts.). countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    Mourning, weeping, lamentation. obsolete, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing. transitive

    "My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you."

  2. 2
    To weep; to cry. Northern-England, Scotland

    "And damn't! if he didn't take down her bit things and scone her so sore she grat like a bairn [...]."

  3. 3
    react to in a certain way wordnet
  4. 4
    To arrive at or reach, or meet. transitive

    "In vain the Spring my Senſes greets / In all her Colours, all her Svveets; / To me the Roſe / No longer glovvs, / Every Plant / Has loſt its Scent: […]"

  5. 5
    send greetings to wordnet
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  1. 6
    To accost; to address. transitive

    "Fair on his feet the polish'd sandals shine, And thus he greets the master of the swine:"

  2. 7
    express greetings upon meeting someone wordnet
  3. 8
    To meet and give salutations. archaic, intransitive

    "There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace."

  4. 9
    be perceived by wordnet
  5. 10
    To be perceived by (someone). figuratively, transitive

    "A brilliant dawn greeted her eyes as she looked out of the window."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English greten, from Old English grētan, from Proto-West Germanic *grōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *grōtijaną.

Etymology 2

From Middle English greet, grete (“great”).

Etymology 3

From a blend of two Old English verbs, grētan, grǣtan (itself from Proto-West Germanic *grātan); and of Old English grēotan (itself from *greutan), both meaning "to weep, lament". Possibly reinforced in Northern England and Scotland by Old Norse gráta, whence also Danish græde, Norwegian gråte, Swedish gråta, all meaning "to cry, to weep".

Etymology 4

From a blend of two Old English verbs, grētan, grǣtan (itself from Proto-West Germanic *grātan); and of Old English grēotan (itself from *greutan), both meaning "to weep, lament". Possibly reinforced in Northern England and Scotland by Old Norse gráta, whence also Danish græde, Norwegian gråte, Swedish gråta, all meaning "to cry, to weep".

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