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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. express greetings upon meeting someone;
[syn: greet, recognize, recognise]

2. send greetings to;

3. react to in a certain way;
- Example: "The President was greeted with catcalls"

4. be perceived by;
- Example: "Loud music greeted him when he entered the apartment"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Greet \Greet\ (gr[=e]t), v. i. To meet and give salutations. [1913 Webster] There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Greet \Greet\, n. Greeting. [Obs.] --F. Beaumont. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Greet \Greet\, a. Great. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Greet \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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Greet \Greet\, n. Mourning. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Greet \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. [1913 Webster] My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad. [1913 Webster] In vain the spring my senses greets. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 3. To accost; to address. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

greet v 1: express greetings upon meeting someone [syn: greet, recognize, recognise] 2: send greetings to 3: react to in a certain way; "The President was greeted with catcalls" 4: be perceived by; "Loud music greeted him when he entered the apartment"