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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Greet \Greet\ (gr[=e]t), verb (used without an object) To meet and give salutations.
There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Greet \Greet\, noun Greeting. [Obs.] --F. Beaumont.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Greet \Greet\, adjective Great. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Greet \Greet\, verb (used without an object) [OE. greten, AS. gr[=ae]tan, gr[=e]tan; akin to Icel. gr[=a]ta, Sw. gr[*a]ta, Dan. gr[ae]de, Goth. gr[=e]ctan; cf. Skr. hr[=a]d to sound, roar. [root]50.] To weep; to cry; to lament. [Obs. or Scot.] [Written also {greit}.] --Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Greet \Greet\, noun Mourning. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Greet \Greet\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Greeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Greeting}.] [OE. greten, AS. gr[=e]tan to address, approach; akin to OS. gr[=o]tian, LG. gr["o]ten, D. groeten, OHG. gruozzen, G. gr["u]ssen. [root]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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
greet
verb
1: express greetings upon meeting someone [syn: {recognize}, {recognise}]
2: send greetings to
3: react to in a certain way; "The President was greeted with catcalls"
4: be perceived by; "Loud music greeted him when he entered the apartment"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "greet": accost, address, apostrophize, appeal to, approach, bawl, bespeak, bid good day, bid good morning, blubber, boohoo, bow to, break down, burst into tears, buttonhole, call to, cry, curtsy, dissolve in tears, drop a tear, exchange greetings, hail, halloo, invoke, kiss, kiss hands, lift the hat, meet, nod to, pull the forelock, receive, salute, say hello, shake, shake hands, shed tears, snivel, sob, speak, speak fair, speak to, take aside, talk to, touch the hat, uncover, usher in, weep, welcome, whimper
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