greet (1), grete (1), greten (1), gretyn (1)

t. & i. [A. S. grétan to approach, to addre ; cogn. with Dut. groeten; O. H. Ger. gruozan; M. H. Ger. gruezen; O. Fris. gréta; Ger. grü en.] A. Transitive : IMG:content-0749.png:[blocks in formation] "The square was thronged by a multitude which greeted him with loud acclamations." -Macaulay : Hist. Eng ., ch. iv. 2. To meet, to welcome; as, The cries which greeted his ears. 3. To congratulate, to felicitate. "Why so sadly greet you our victory?" Shakesp.: Cymbeline, v. 5. 4. To addre in any way. "Let him greet England with our sharp defiance." Shakesp.: Henry V., iii. 5. *5. To look upon or regard kindly. "A merrier day did never yet greet Rome." Shakesp.: Coriolanus, v. 4. *6. To meet as one who goes to offer congratula tions. "We will greet the time."-Shakesp.: Lear, v. 1. *7. To a ign or bestow with praises or congratulations. "And thither also came in open sight Fayre Florimell, into the common hall, To greet his guerdon unto every knight." Spenser: F. Q., V. iii. 14. B. In trans.: To meet and salute. "There greet in silence as the dead are wont." Shakesp.: Titus Andronicus, i. greet (2), *greit, *greete, *grete (2), *greten (2), *gretyn (2), *greyt, v . i . [A. S. grætan , grétan; cogn. with Icel. gráta ; Dan. græde ; Sw. grat a; Goth. gretan , all=to weep.] To weep, to cry. IMG:content-0750.png:[blocks in formation] who cries or weeps. One One greet-er (2), s . [English greet (2), v.; -er.] greet-ing, pr . par ., a. & 8. [GREET (1), v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of saluting or welcoming; a salutation; a welcome. "What horrid greetings these unclean wretches will give each other." -Hopkins : Exposition upon the Seventh Commandment . *greeve, s . [GRIEVE, 8.] *greēze, s. pl . [GREE (2), s.] 2074 *gref -fi er, s. [Fr., from Low Lat. grefarius , graffarius, greffarius , from Lat. graphium =a style for writing; Gr. graphoto write.] [GRAFFER, GRAFT.] A registrar; a clerk; a notary. "The Duke of Orleans, Monsieur the Prince, and the Superintendents deliver them to the Greffier or clerk." Evelyn : State of France. gre-gal, a . [Latin gregalis , from grex (gen it. greg is )=a flock; Ital. gregale .] Of or pertaining to a flock; like a flock or herd. "For this gregal conformity there is a cause and an excuse." W. S. Mayo: Never Again , ch. vii. *grě-gär-I-an, a . [Lat. gregarius =belonging to a flock; grex (gen it. greg is )=a flock.] Of or pertaining to a flock or herd; gregarious; herding together; common. "The gregarian soldiers and gro of the army is well affected to him."- Howell , bk. iii., let. 1. *grě-gär-i-an-ism, s. [Eng. gregarian ; -ism.] The habit of flocking or herding together; gregariousne . "This tendency to gregarianism is nowhere more manifest."- Truth , Oct. 13, 1881.