\Greet\, a.
Great. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

\Greet\, v. i. [OE. greten, AS. gr[=ae]tan, gr[=e]tan;
akin to Icel. gr[=a]ta, Sw. gr[*a]ta, Dan. gr[ae]de, Goth.
gr[=e]ctan; cf. Skr. hr[=a]d to sound, roar. [root]50.]
To weep; to cry; to lament. [Obs. or Scot.] [Written also
{greit}.] --Spenser.

\Greet\, n.
Mourning. [Obs.] --Spenser.

\Greet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Greeted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Greeting}.] [OE. greten, AS. gr[=e]tan to address, approach;
akin to OS. gr[=o]tian, LG. gr["o]ten, D. groeten, OHG.
gruozzen, G. gr["u]ssen. [root]50.]
1. To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes;
   to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship;
   to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or
   through the intervention of another, or by writing or
   token.
         My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.
                                               --Shak.
2. To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the
   heart glad.
         In vain the spring my senses greets.  --Addison.
3. To accost; to address. --Pope.

\Greet\, v. i.
To meet and give salutations.
      There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep
      in peace.                                --Shak.

\Greet\, n.
Greeting. [Obs.] --F. Beaumont.