[ɡriːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- give a polite word of recognition or sign of welcome when meeting (someone)
(e.g: some of the customers greeted the barman in Gaelic)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English grētan ‘approach, attack, or salute’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch groeten and German grüssen ‘greet’

[ɡriːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- weep; cry
(e.g: he sat down on the armchair and started to greet)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English, partly from grētan ‘cry out, rage’, partly from grēotan ‘lament’, both of Germanic origin