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begreet

begreet verb: to give or send greetings to; hail; salute; greet; acknowledge by greeting.

Verb

begreet (third-person singular simple present begreets, present participle begreeting, simple past and past participle begreeted)

  1. (transitive) To give or send greetings to; hail; salute; greet; acknowledge by greeting.
    • The high Atlantic swell soon meets us, A softer atmosphere betreats us, The solemn solon goose begreets us With strident jangling scream [...]1883, John McCosh, Sketches in Verse at Home and Abroad

Forms of begreet

third-person singular presentbegreets
present participlebegreeting
past participlebegreeted
pastbegreeted

Origin of begreet

From be- + greet. Compare West Frisian begroetsje (“to begreet”), Dutch begroeten (“to salute, cheer, acclaim”), German Low German begröten (“to welcome; greet”), German begrüßen (“to welcome, appreciate, salute”).

Questions about begreet

What does begreet mean?
Begreet means to give or send greetings to; hail; salute; greet; acknowledge by greeting.
What part of speech is begreet?
Begreet is a verb.
What is the past tense of begreet?
The past tense of begreet is begreeted.

Words near begreet in the dictionary

  1. begraving
  2. begrease
  3. begreased
  4. begreases
  5. begreasing
  6. begreet
  7. begrieve
  8. begrieved
  9. begrieves
  10. begrieving
  11. begrime

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