greet

To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.transitive

• My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.

To arrive at or reach, or meet.transitive

• In vain the Spring my Senſes greets / In all her Colours, all her Svveets; / To me the Roſe / No longer glovvs, / Every Plant / Has loſt its Scent: […]
• Way deep in left field, where the carpet of green sloped upward to a terrace and greeted the thick line of trees, he reached out his glove.

To accost; to address.transitive

• Fair on his feet the polish'd sandals shine, And thus he greets the master of the swine:
• I can be active as long as I stay in the closet. If I go forth as who I am, I will be greeted with closed doors.

To meet and give salutations.archaicintransitive

• There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace.

To be perceived by (someone).figurativelytransitive

• A brilliant dawn greeted her eyes as she looked out of the window.

Great.

To weep; to cry.Northern-EnglandScotland

• And damn't! if he didn't take down her bit things and scone her so sore she grat like a bairn [...].
• My maw went potty and started greeting.

Mourning, weeping, lamentation.obsoleteuncountable