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   Greet (?), a. Great. [Obs.]  Chaucer.
   
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   Greet, v. i. [OE. greten, AS. grǣtan, grētan; akin to Icel. grāta, Sw. gråta, Dan. græde, Goth. grēctan; cf. Skr. hrād to sound, roar. √50.] To weep; to cry; to lament. [Obs. or Scot.] [Written also greit.]  Spenser.
   
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   Greet, n. Mourning. [Obs.]  Spenser.
   
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   Greet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Greeting.] [OE. greten, AS. grētan to address, approach; akin to OS. grōtian, LG. gröten, D. groeten, OHG. gruozzen, G. grüssen. √50.]
   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.
   
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   My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you. Shak.
   
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   2. To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.
   
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   In vain the spring my senses greets. Addison.
   
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   3. To accost; to address.  Pope.
   
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   Greet (grēt), v. i. To meet and give salutations.
   
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   There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace. Shak.
   
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   Greet, n. Greeting. [Obs.]  F. Beaumont.
   
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