Define:Greet
English[eedit soorce]
Pronunciation[eedit soorce]
- /ɡɹiːt/
- Audio (US) (help·info)
- Rhymes: -iːt
Etymology 1[eedit soorce]
< West Template:Proto. Cognate with Dutch
, German
. Compare Old Saxon
, Old Frisian
, Dutch
, Old High German
, German
.
Verb[eedit soorce]
Greet (third-person singular simple present Greets, present participle Greeting, simple past an 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.
- My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you. -Shak.
- To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.
- In vain the spring my senses greets. -Addison.
- To accost; to address.
- Template:Intransitive To meet and give salutations.
- There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace. -Shak.
Derived terms[eedit soorce]
Translations[eedit soorce]
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Etymology 2[eedit soorce]
Adjective[eedit soorce]
Greet (comparative maist Greet, superlative maist Greet)
- (obsolete, Template:Context 2) Great.
Etymology 3[eedit soorce]
From a blend of two Old English verbs,
(cognate with Swedish
', Danish
) and
(of uncertain ultimate origin), both ‘weep, lament’.
Verb[eedit soorce]
Greet (third-person singular simple present Greets, present participle Greeting, simple past an past participle Greeted)
- Template:Scottish To weep; cry, lament.
- Divint greet wor lass, he had a canny innins.
Noun[eedit soorce]
References[eedit soorce]
- The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, ISBN 0946928118
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4[1]
- Template:R:1913
Anagrams[eedit soorce]
Middle English[eedit soorce]
Alternative forms[eedit soorce]
Adjective[eedit soorce]
- great (large, significant)
Descendants[eedit soorce]
- English: great
Scots[eedit soorce]
Etymology[eedit soorce]
From a blend of two Old English verbs,
(cognate with Swedish
', Danish
) and
(of uncertain ultimate origin), both ‘weep, lament’.
Pronunciation[eedit soorce]
- /ɡrit/
Verb[eedit soorce]
Greet
Noun[eedit soorce]
greet
Adjective[eedit soorce]
Greet (comparative mair Greet, superlative maist Greet)