About The Word Greet
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Greet
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What's The Definition Of Greet?
[v] react to in a certain way; "The President was greeted with catcalls"
[v] send greetings to [v] express greetings upon meeting someone [v] be perceived by; "Loud music greeted him when he entered the apartment" Synonyms | Synonyms for Greet: recognise | recognize Related Terms | Find terms related to Greet: accost | address | apostrophize | appeal to | approach | bawl | bespeak | bid good day | bid good morning | blubber | boohoo | bow to | break down | burst into tears | buttonhole | call to | cry | curtsy | dissolve in tears | drop a tear | exchange greetings | hail | halloo | invoke | kiss | kiss hands | lift the hat | meet | nod to | pull the forelock | receive | salute | say hello | shake | shake hands | shed tears | snivel | sob | speak | speak fair | speak to | take aside | talk to | touch the hat | uncover | usher in | weep | welcome | whimper See Also | accost | address | bid | bob | come up to | communicate | compliment | curtsy | hail | herald | intercommunicate | present | react | receive | respond | salute | say farewell | shake hands | welcome | wish | wring hands Greet In Webster's Dictionary \Greet\, a.
Great. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Greet\, v. i. [OE. greten, AS. gr[=ae]tan, gr[=e]tan; akin to Icel. gr[=a]ta, Sw. gr[*a]ta, Dan. gr[ae]de, Goth. gr[=e]ctan; cf. Skr. hr[=a]d to sound, roar. [root]50.] To weep; to cry; to lament. [Obs. or Scot.] [Written also {greit}.] --Spenser. \Greet\, n. Mourning. [Obs.] --Spenser. \Greet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Greeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Greeting}.] [OE. greten, AS. gr[=e]tan to address, approach; akin to OS. gr[=o]tian, LG. gr["o]ten, D. groeten, OHG. gruozzen, G. gr["u]ssen. [root]50.] 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. To meet and give salutations. There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace. --Shak. \Greet\, n. Greeting. [Obs.] --F. Beaumont. |
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