Greet
(Greet) a. Great. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Greet
(Greet), v. i. [OE. greten, AS. gr&aemacrtan, gretan; akin to Icel. grata, Sw. gråta, Dan. græde,
Goth. grectan; cf. Skr. hrad to sound, roar. &radic50.] To weep; to cry; to lament. [Obs. or Scot.]
[Written also greit.] Spenser.
Greet
(Greet), n. Mourning. [Obs.] Spenser.
Greet
(Greet), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Greeting.] [OE. greten, AS. gretan to
address, approach; akin to OS. grotian, LG. gröten, D. groeten, OHG. gruozzen, G. grüssen. &radic50.]
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. Pope.
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Greet
(Greet) v. i. To meet and give salutations.
There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace.
Shak. Greet
(Greet), n. Greeting. [Obs.] F. Beaumont.
Greeter
(Greet"er) n. One who greets or salutes another.
Greeter
(Greet"er), n. One who weeps or mourns. [Obs.]
Greeting
(Greet"ing), n. Expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; a compliment from one
absent.
Write to him . . . gentle adieus and greetings.
Shak. Syn. — Salutation; salute; compliment.
Greeve
(Greeve) n. See Grieve, an overseer.
Greeze
(Greeze) n. A step. See Gree, a step. [Obs.]
The top of the ladder, or first greeze, is this.
Latimer. Greffier
(Gref"fi*er) n. [F., from LL. grafarius, graphiarius, fr. L. graphium, a writing style; cf. F. greffe
a record office. See Graft, and cf. Graffer.] A registrar or recorder; a notary. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Gregal
(Gre"gal) a. [L. gregalis, fr. grex, gregis, herd.] Pertaining to, or like, a flock.
For this gregal conformity there is an excuse.
W. S. Mayo. Gregarian
(Gre*ga"ri*an) a. Gregarious; belonging to the herd or common sort; common. [Obs.] "The
gregarian soldiers." Howell.
