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misgreet

verb

Etymology

From Middle English *misgreten, from Old English misgrētan (“to affront; insult”), equivalent to mis- + greet.

  1. inherited from misgrētan
  2. inherited from *misgreten✻

Definitions

  1. To greet wrongly

    To greet wrongly; (by extension) to affront or insult

    • If any of the gild misgreet another, let him pay a syster of honey, unless with two friends he can clear himself.
    • He said with slow contempt, " I grant that it is well fitting the Gainer's deeds that his men should flinch from the light — " " Misgreet me not," the mocking voice interrupted.
    • Tears poured forth by lovers at His adored feet, Are pearls ; though we're used them as tears to misgreet.

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