greet

Verb
Synonyms: recognizerecognise

WordNet 3.0

Verb (4)

  1. express greetings upon meeting someoneSynonyms: recognizerecognise
  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”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

Greet \Greet\, n. Greeting. [Obs.] --F. Beaumont. [1913 Webster]
Greet \Greet\, a. Great. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
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]
Greet \Greet\, n. Mourning. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
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]

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