Greet

Verb

 * 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.
 * 1) *1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
 * Warwick observed, as they passed through the respectable quarter, that few people who met the girl greeted her, and that some others whom she passed at gates or doorways gave her no sign of recognition; from which he inferred that she was possibly a visitor in the town and not well acquainted.
 * 1) To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.
 * In vain the spring my senses greets. -Addison.
 * 1) To accost; to address.
 * 2)  To meet and give salutations.
 * There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace. -Shak.

Adjective

 * 1)  Great.

Verb

 * 1)  To weep; cry, lament.
 * Divint greet wor lass, he had a canny innins.

Noun

 * 1)  Mourning, weeping, lamentation.

Adverbs for Greet
affably; jovially; charmingly; affectionately; cordially; effusively; ardently; sympathetically;  benignly;   blandly;  genially; brusquely; civilly; fraternally; perfunctorily; hilariously; boisterously.

Synonyms for Greet
hail, address, receive, welcome, accost, salute.

Derived terms

 * greeter
 * meet-and-greet

Thesaurus
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

Etymology 1
gretan: <. Cognate with Dutch groeten:, German grüßen:. Compare Old Saxon grotian:, Old Frisian greta:, Old High German gruozen:.

Etymology 3
From a blend of two verbs, gretan: (cognate with Swedish gräta:', Danish græde:) and greotan: (of uncertain ultimate origin), both ‘weep, lament’.

Verb

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 * Japanese: 挨拶する, 出迎える,
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 * Yiddish: גריסן


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Anagrams

 * egret

Adjective

 * 1) great (large, significant)

Descendants

 * English: great

Etymology
From a blend of two verbs, gretan: (cognate with Swedish gråta:', Danish græde:) and greotan: (of uncertain ultimate origin), both ‘weep, lament’.

Verb

 * 1) to weep, lament

Noun

 * 1) cry, lamentation

Adjective

 * 1) great