GREET, verb transitive [Latin 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. Colossians 4:14. 2 Timothy 4:21. 5. To meet and address with kindness; or to express kind wishes accompanied with an embrace. 1 Thessalonians 5:26. 6. To meet. GREET, verb intransitive 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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