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greet1 / grēt/ • v. [tr.] give a polite word or sign of welcome or recognition to (someone) on meeting. ∎ [tr.] receive or acknowledge (something) in a specified way: everyone present greeted this idea warmly. ∎ (of a sight or sound) become apparent to or be noticed by (someone) on arrival somewhere: flowers and cheers greeted the shipyard workers. greet2 • v. [intr.] Scot. weep; cry: he sat down on the armchair and started to greet. |
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"greet." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "greet." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-greet.html "greet." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-greet.html |
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greet1 address, salute, esp. with expressions of goodwill OE.; receive with welcome XVII. OE. grētan, *grǣtan handle, touch, visit, attack, treat, salute = OS. grōtian call upon (Du. groeten salute), OHG. gruozzen address, attack (G. grüssen salute) :- WGmc. *ʒrōtjan cry out, call upon, (hence) provoke to action, assail, address; perh. based on IE. *ghrōd- *ghrēd- resound, repr. by Skr. hrād-. Some take this vb. and the next to have a common basis.
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T. F. HOAD. "greet." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "greet." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-greet.html T. F. HOAD. "greet." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-greet.html |
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greet2 (Sc.) weep. (i) OE. (Anglian) grētan, *grǣtan (prob. str., but once wk. pt. begrette) = OS. grātan str., MHG. grazen (wk.) cry out, range, storm. ON. gráta (str.), Goth. grētan (str.) :- Gmc. *ʒrǣtan; cf. prec.; (ii) OE. grēotan ( = OS. griotan), of uncert. orig.
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T. F. HOAD. "greet." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "greet." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-greet1.html T. F. HOAD. "greet." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-greet1.html |
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Greet Glos. Grete 12th cent. ‘Gravelly place’. OE *grēote.
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A. D. MILLS. "Greet." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Greet." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Greet.html A. D. MILLS. "Greet." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Greet.html |
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•backbeat • heartbeat • deadbeat
•breakbeat • offbeat • browbeat
•downbeat • drumbeat • upbeat
•sugar beet • Blackfeet • flatfeet
•forefeet • exegete • polychaete
•lorikeet • parakeet
•athlete, biathlete, decathlete, heptathlete, pentathlete, triathlete
•kick-pleat • paraclete • obsolete
•gamete • crabmeat • sweetmeat
•mincemeat • forcemeat • backstreet
•concrete • window seat
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"greet." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "greet." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-greet.html "greet." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-greet.html |
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