greet
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Old English grētan, from Proto-Germanic *grōtijaną. Cognate with Dutch groeten, German grüßen. Compare Old Saxon grotian, Old Frisian greta, Old High German gruozen. Cognate to Albanian grish (“to invite, call”).
Verb[edit]
greet (third-person singular simple present greets, present participle greeting, simple past and past participle greeted)
- 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.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act III, scene 1
- My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.
- 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.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act III, scene 1
- To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.
- 1707, Joseph Addison, Rosamond, Act I, scene 4
- In vain the spring my senses greets.
- 1707, Joseph Addison, Rosamond, Act I, scene 4
- To accost; to address.
- (intransitive) To meet and give salutations.
- circa 1590, William Shakespeare, Titus Adronicus, Act I, scene 2, line 90
- There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace.
- circa 1590, William Shakespeare, Titus Adronicus, Act I, scene 2, line 90
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
greet (comparative more greet, superlative most greet)
Etymology 3[edit]
From a blend of two Old English verbs, grētan (cognate with Swedish gräta', Danish græde) and grēotan (of uncertain ultimate origin), both ‘weep, lament’.
Verb[edit]
greet (third-person singular simple present greets, present participle greeting, simple past and past participle greeted or grat)
- (Scotland, Northern England) To weep; to cry.
- 1933, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Cloud Howe, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 312:
- And damn't! if he didn't take down her bit things and scone her so sore she grat like a bairn [...].
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 2:
- My maw went potty and started greeting.
- 1933, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Cloud Howe, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 312:
Noun[edit]
greet (uncountable)
References[edit]
- The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, ISBN 0946928118
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4[1]
- greet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
greet (comparative greter, superlative gretest)
- great (large, significant)
Descendants[edit]
- English: great
Scots[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /ɡrit/
Etymology 1[edit]
From a blend of two Old English verbs, grētan (cognate with Swedish gråta', Danish græde) and grēotan (of uncertain ultimate origin), both ‘weep, lament’.
Verb[edit]
tae greet (third-person singular simple present greets, present participle greetin, simple past grat or grettit, past participle grutten)
Noun[edit]
greet (uncountable)
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
greet (comparative greeter, superlative greetest)
- Alternative form of great.
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English verbs
- English adjectives
- English terms with obsolete senses
- Scottish English
- Northern England English
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- Geordie English
- Northumbrian English
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- Middle English adjectives
- Scots terms derived from Old English
- Scots verbs
- Scots nouns
- Scots adjectives
- Scots alternative forms