regreet

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ greet.

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːɡɹiːt/

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• (verb) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈɡɹiːt/

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Noun

regreet (plural regreets)

1. A return or exchange of salutations.
   • c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:

     Unyoke this seizure , and this kind regreet

Verb

regreet (third-person singular simple present regreets, present participle regreeting, simple past and past participle regreeted)

1. To greet again; to return a greeting to.
   • 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act 1, scene 3]:

     Nor never look upon each other's face;
     Nor never write, regreet, nor reconcile

References

• “regreet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• greeter