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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A return or exchange of salutations. archaic, obsolete

   "Vnyoke this ſeyſure, and this kinde regreete?"

Verb

1. 1
   To greet again; to return a greeting to (someone). rare

   "Nor never look upon each other's face; Nor never write, regreet, nor reconcile"

Example

More examples

"Vnyoke this ſeyſure, and this kinde regreete?"

Etymology

First attested in 1586; from re- + greet.

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