greet

verb

/ɡɹiːt/

Etymology

From a blend of two Old English verbs, grētan, grǣtan (itself from Proto-West Germanic *grātan); and of Old English grēotan (itself from *greutan), both meaning "to weep, lament". Possibly reinforced in Northern England and Scotland by Old Norse gráta, whence also Danish græde, Norwegian gråte, Swedish gråta, all meaning "to cry, to weep".

inherited from *grōtijaną✻
inherited from *grōtijan✻
inherited from grētan
inherited from greten

Definitions

1
To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as…
To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.
- My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.
2
To arrive at or reach, or meet.
- In vain the Spring my Senſes greets / In all her Colours, all her Svveets; / To me the Roſe / No longer glovvs, / Every Plant / Has loſt its Scent: […]
- Way deep in left field, where the carpet of green sloped upward to a terrace and greeted the thick line of trees, he reached out his glove.
3
To accost
To accost; to address.
- Fair on his feet the polish'd sandals shine, And thus he greets the master of the swine:
- I can be active as long as I stay in the closet. If I go forth as who I am, I will be greeted with closed doors.
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1. 4
  To meet and give salutations.
  - There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace.
2. 5
  To be perceived by (someone).
  - A brilliant dawn greeted her eyes as she looked out of the window.
  - Muggy heat—temperature in the 90s and high humidity—greeted early arrivals for the 72-hole, three-day test, rated the hardest and most important in the sport.
  - The first thing that greets you on entering the church is a notice asking you not to vex the goat, since it renders valuable service in keeping the churchyard tidy.
3. Great.
4. 7
  To weep
  To weep; to cry.
  - And damn't! if he didn't take down her bit things and scone her so sore she grat like a bairn [...].
  - My maw went potty and started greeting.
5. Mourning, weeping, lamentation.
6. A surname.
7. A village in Winchcombe parish, Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref…
  A village in Winchcombe parish, Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0229).
8. A hamlet in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9255)
9. A suburb in the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1084).
10. A minor river in Nottinghamshire, England, which joins the River Trent at Fiskerton…
  A minor river in Nottinghamshire, England, which joins the River Trent at Fiskerton (Notts.).

The neighborhood

Derived

autogreet, begreet, begrutten, greetable, greetee, greeter, greeting, meet-and-greet, misgreet, regreet

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at greet. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at greet. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at greet

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA