greet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb express greetings upon meeting someone
    recognize; recognise.
  2. verb send greetings to
  3. verb react to in a certain way
    • The President was greeted with catcalls
  4. verb be perceived by
    • Loud music greeted him when he entered the apartment

WordNet

Greet adjective
Definitions
  1. Great. Obs. Chaucer.
Greet intransitive verb
Etymology
OE. greten, AS. gr?tan, gr?lan; akin to Icel. grata, Sw. gi?ta, Dan. gr?de, Goth. gr?ctan; cf. Skr. hr?d to sound, roar.
Definitions
  1. To weep; to cry; to lament. Obs. or Scot. Written also greit. Spenser.
Greet noun
Definitions
  1. Mourning. Obs. Spenser.
Greet transitive verb
Etymology
OE. greten, AS. gr?tan to address, approach; akin to OS. grtian, LG> gröten, D. groeten, OHG. gruozzen, G. grüssen.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Greeted; present participle & verbal noun Greeting
Definitions
  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.
Greet intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To meet and give salutations.
    There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace. Shak.
Greet noun
Definitions
  1. Greeting. Obs. F. Beaumont.

Webster 1913