regreet

Etymology

First attested in 1586; from re- +‎ greet.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (noun) /ˈɹiːɡɹiːt/
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IPA^(key): (verb) /ɹiːˈɡɹiːt/
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Noun

regreet (plural regreets)

(obsolete, archaic) 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]:
  Vnyoke this ſeyſure, and this kinde regreete?
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ix], page 172:
  Madam, there is a-lighted at your gate
  A yong Venetian, one that comes before
  To ſignifie th'approaching of his lord;
  From whom he bringeth ſenſible regreets;
  […]

Verb

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

(rare) To greet again; to return a greeting to (someone).
- 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