Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To greet again; resalute.
- To salute; greet.
- noun A return or exchange of salutation; a greeting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A return or exchange of salutation.
- transitive verb To greet again; to resalute; to return a salutation to; to greet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
return orexchange ofsalutations .
Etymologies
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Examples
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That said, the Frenchies have come up with a way to regreet one another, using the ultrapopular term rebonjour.
Words in a French Life Kristin Espinasse 2007
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(But sometimes action swift doth breed regreet; [sic])
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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.
Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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There is a very general regreet exprest, for the Col., he is considerd as the former of the troops as the chief hand in their order, decipline and regularity, and I really think if there is any opening to which he could be appointed it would not be considred improper, unless by those who may themselves wish for it, and the number of those are pretty numerous.
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