Sekirov Dictionary

greet

/ɡɹiːt/

verb 6
adjective 1
noun 1
forms 9

verb6

•
to say hello to someone in a friendly way when you meet them or write to them
- My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you. — 1593
•
(figurative) To be perceived by (someone).
- A brilliant dawn greeted her eyes as she looked out of the window.
•
To accost; to address.
- Fair on his feet the polish'd sandals shine, And thus he greets the master of the swine: — 1725
•
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: […] — 1707
•
(Scotland, Northern-England) 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 [...]. — 1933
•
(no longer used) To meet and give salutations.
- There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace. — 1588

adjective1

Great.

noun1

(no longer used) Mourning, weeping, lamentation.

forms

grat · greeted · grutten · greeting · greeteth · greets · greetest · more greet · most greet

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