greet

1
[ greet ]
/ grit /

verb (used with object)

to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
to meet or receive: to be greeted by cheering crowds; to greet a proposal with boos and hisses.
to manifest itself to: Music greeted his ear as he entered the salon.

verb (used without object)

Obsolete. to give salutations on meeting.

Origin of greet

1
before 900; Middle English greten, Old English grētan; cognate with German grüssen

OTHER WORDS FROM greet

greet·er, noun

Definition for greeted (2 of 2)

greet 2
[ greet ]
/ grit /
Scot. and North England Archaic.

verb (used without object)

to grieve; lament; cry.

verb (used with object)

to lament; bewail.

Origin of greet

2
before 900; Middle English grete, Old English grǣtan; cognate with ON grāta, Gothic gretan

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British Dictionary definitions for greeted (1 of 2)

greet 1
/ (ɡriːt) /

verb (tr)

to meet or receive with expressions of gladness or welcome
to send a message of friendship to
to receive in a specified manner her remarks were greeted by silence
to become apparent to the smell of bread greeted him

Word Origin for greet

Old English grētan; related to Old High German gruozzen to address

British Dictionary definitions for greeted (2 of 2)

greet 2
/ (ɡriːt) Scot /

verb

(intr) to weep; lament

noun

weeping; lamentation

Word Origin for greet

from Old English grētan, northern dialect variant of grætan; compare Old Norse grāta, Middle High German grazen