greet

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology 1

Old English grētan < West Proto-Germanic *grotja. Cognate with Dutch groeten, German grüßen. Compare Old Saxon grotian, Old Frisian greta, Dutch groeten, Old High German gruozen, German grußen (to salute, greet).

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to greet

Third person singular
greets

Simple past
greeted

Past participle
greeted

Present participle
greeting

to greet (third-person singular simple present greets, present participle greeting, simple past and past participle greeted)

  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.
  2. To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.
    In vain the spring my senses greets. -Addison.
  3. To accost; to address.
  4. (intransitive) To meet and give salutations.
    There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace. -Shak.

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[edit] Etymology 2

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[edit] Adjective

greet (comparative more greet, superlative most greet)

Positive
greet

Comparative
more greet

Superlative
most greet

  1. (obsolete, except Scottish) Great.

[edit] Etymology 3

From a blend of two Old English verbs, grētan (cognate with Swedish gräta', Danish græde) and grēotan (of uncertain ultimate origin), both ‘weep, lament’.

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to greet

Third person singular
greets

Simple past
greeted

Past participle
greeted

Present participle
greeting

to greet (third-person singular simple present greets, present participle greeting, simple past and past participle greeted)

  1. (Scottish and Northern England, archaic) To weep; cry, lament.
    Divint greet wor lass, he had a canny innins.

[edit] Noun

Singular
greet

Plural
uncountable

greet (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Mourning, weeping, lamentation.

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Etymology

From a blend of two Old English verbs, grētan (cognate with Swedish gråta', Danish græde) and grēotan (of uncertain ultimate origin), both ‘weep, lament’.

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tae greet (third-person singular simple present greets, present participle greetin, simple past grat or grettit, past participle grutten)

Infinitive
tae greet

Third person singular
greets

Simple past
grat or grettit

Past participle
grutten

Present participle
greetin

  1. to weep, lament

[edit] Noun

greet (uncountable)

Singular
greet

Plural
uncountable

  1. cry, lamentation

[edit] Adjective

greet (comparative mair greet, superlative maist greet)

Positive
greet

Comparative
mair greet

Superlative
maist greet

  1. great
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