greetest

Verb (1)

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

1. (transitive) To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.
   • My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

   Synonyms:

   hail

2. (transitive) To arrive at or reach, or meet.
   • In vain the Spring my Senſes greets / In all her Colours, all her Svveets; / To me the Roſe / No longer glovvs, / Every Plant / Has loſt its Scent: […]1707, [Joseph Addison], Rosamond. An Opera. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 9
3. (transitive) To accost; to address.
   • Fair on his feet the polish'd sandals shine,
     And thus he greets the master of the swine:1725–1726, Homer, “(please specify the book or chapter of the Odyssey)”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC
4. (archaic, intransitive) To meet and give salutations.
   • There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace.c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
5. (figuratively, transitive) To be perceived by (someone).
   • A brilliant dawn greeted her eyes as she looked out of the window.

Verb (2)

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

1. (Northern England, Scotland) To weep; to cry.
   • And damn't! if he didn't take down her bit things and scone her so sore she grat like a bairn [...].1933, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Cloud Howe (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 312

   Synonyms:

   beweep, burst into tears, cry, cry one's eyes out, shed a tear, shed tears, squirt some, wail, weep

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