regreet

[ ree-greet ]

verb (used with or without object)

1. to greet in return or again.

noun

1. regreets, Obsolete. greetings ( def 3 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of regreet¹

First recorded in 1580–90; re- + greet ¹

Example Sentences

Abroad he had dreamed of them, night after night; but he did not pause to regreet them now, for his thoughts were busy ahead, in the Court now directly beneath him in the valley; and in his thoughts he was there already, announcing himself, facing his mother in her unchanged room, and his father in the library.

From Project Gutenberg

The word `re' by itself is taken as `regreet'.

From Project Gutenberg

The word `re' by itself is taken as `regreet'.

From Project Gutenberg

Whoso hath in the lap of soft delight Beene long time luld, and fed with pleasures sweet, Feareles through his own fault or Fortunes spight To tumble into sorrow and regreet, Yf chaunce him fall into calamitie, 305 Findes greater burthen of his miserie.

From Project Gutenberg

The word `re' by itself is taken as `regreet'.

From Project Gutenberg