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greet

Webster 1828

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