Greet vs Greets - What's the difference?
greet | greets |
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.
* 1591 , (William Shakespeare), , Act III, scene 1
* 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.
* '1707, (Joseph Addison), ''Rosamond , Act I, scene 4
To accost; to address.
To meet and give salutations.
* circa 1590 , (William Shakespeare), (Titus Adronicus), Act I, scene 2, line 90
To be perceived by (somebody).
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (Scotland, Northern England) To weep; to cry.
*1933 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Cloud Howe'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), page 312:
*:And damn't! if he didn't take down her bit things and scone her so sore she grat like a bairn [...].
* 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, page 2:
Mourning, weeping, lamentation.
(greet)
(demoscene) Greetings sent to other demosceners, often included in the scrolltext of a demo.
* 1998 , "andreww", C64 slang'' (on Internet newsgroup ''comp.emulators.cbm )
* 1999 , "Mickael Pointier", Oldskool'' (on Internet newsgroup ''comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos )
As verbs the difference between greet and greets
is that greet is 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 while greets is third-person singular of greet.As nouns the difference between greet and greets
is that greet is mourning, weeping, lamentation while greets is greetings sent to other demosceners, often included in the scrolltext of a demo.As an adjective greet
is great.greet
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) . Compare Old Saxon grotian, Old Frisian greta, Old High German gruozen.Verb
(en verb)- My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.
- Warwick observed, as they passed through the respectable quarter, that few people who met the girl greeted her, and that some others whom she passed at gates or doorways gave her no sign of recognition; from which he inferred that she was possibly a visitor in the town and not well acquainted.
- In vain the spring my senses greets .
- (Alexander Pope)
- There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace.
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
Derived terms
* greeter * meet-and-greetEtymology 2
From (etyl) (m), .Etymology 3
From a blend of two (etyl) verbs, (of uncertain ultimate origin), both ‘weep, lament’.Verb
- My maw went potty and started greeting .
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* * *greets
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(en-plural noun)- I was just considering the term 'lamer' (because of all these ROM D00DZ who I think of as 'emulamers') and I was wondering: is 'lamer' a term that is unique to the C64 scene? I haven't seen in used it other circles, but it sure used to crop up a hell of a lot in demos, cracktro greets , etc.