KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

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.

GREE'TED, participle passive Addressed with kind wishes; complimented.

GREE'TER, noun One who greets.

GREE'TING, participle present tense Addressing with kind wishes or expressions of joy; complimenting; congratulating; saluting.

GREE'TING, noun Expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; compliment addressed from one absent.