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greet

UK/ɡɹiːt/ US/ˈɡrit/ fairly common

verb

1.

express greetings upon meeting someone

Synonyms
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”

Origin

From a blend of two Old English verbs, grētan, grǣtan (itself from Proto-West Germanic *grātan); and of Old English grēotan (itself from *greutan), both meaning "to weep, lament". Possibly reinforced in Northern England and Scotland by Old Norse gráta, whence also Danish græde, Norwegian gråte, Swedish gråta, all meaning "to cry, to weep".

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