GREET, v.t. [L. rudo, to bray, to roar.] 1. To address with expressions of kind wishes; to salute in kindness and respect. My lord, the Mayor if London comes to greet you.2. To address at meeting; to address in any manner.3. To congratulate.4. To pay compliments at a distance; to send kind wishes to. Col.4. 2 Tim.4.5. To meet and address with kindness; or to express kind wishes accompanied with an embrace. 1 Thess.5.6. To meet.GREET, v.i. To meet and salute. There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace.1. To weep; written by Spenser greit.
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