Greet
WordNet
verb
(1) React to in a certain way
"The President was greeted with catcalls"
(2) Send greetings to
(3) Express greetings upon meeting someone
(4) Be perceived by
"Loud music greeted him when he entered the apartment"
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
< West . Cognate with Dutch , German . Compare Old Saxon , Old Frisian , Dutch , Old High German , German .
Verb
- 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.
- To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.
- In vain the spring my senses greets. -Addison.
- To accost; to address.
- To meet and give salutations.
- There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace. -Shak.
Etymology 3
From a blend of two verbs, (cognate with Swedish ', Danish ) and (of uncertain ultimate origin), both ‘weep, lament’.