Definition/Meaning of greet

• English - Verb: greet (third-person singular simple present greets, present participle greeting, simple past and past participle greeted) (transitive) To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing. c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio),…
• English - Adjective: greet (comparative more greet, superlative most greet) Great .
• English - Noun: greet (uncountable) (obsolete, uncountable) Mourning , weeping , lamentation .
• English - Anagrams: egret
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English greten , from Old English grētan , from Proto-West Germanic *grōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *grōtijaną. Cognate with Dutch groeten , German grüßen , grüssen . Etymology 2. From Middle English greet , grete (“great”). Etymology 3. From a blend of two Old English verbs, grētan , grǣtan (itself from Proto-West Germanic *grātan); and of Old English grēotan (itself…