Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English form of
greet . - A Middle English form of
greet . - A Middle English form of
great .
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Examples
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The third fared no better, for the peasant again said: 'Grete, that is the third.'
Grimm's Fairy Tales Wilhelm Grimm 1822
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So when he went in with his dish, the peasant nudged his wife, and said: 'Grete, that is the second.'
Grimm's Fairy Tales Wilhelm Grimm 1822
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That same season she created the role of "Grete" in MTC's premiere of Margulies 'Sight Unseen.
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That same season she created the role of "Grete" in MTC's premiere of Margulies 'Sight Unseen.
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That same season she created the role of "Grete" in MTC's premiere of Margulies 'Sight Unseen.
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That same season she created the role of "Grete" in MTC's premiere of Margulies 'Sight Unseen.
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His parents (Anton Skrzypiciel, Nina Goldman) and his sister Grete (Laura Day) are alternately horrified and pitying, but whether they see a giant insect or a man suffering a breakdown in a fouled bedroom we are never really sure.
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In William Turner's "Grete Herbal" 1576, the first popular, English-language guide to the vegetable kingdom, the botanist was blunt on the matter of mushroom taxonomy.
What's Magic About Mushrooms Richard Mabey 2011
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It appeared the height of hubris: No man or woman had set a world record in New York since 1980, when the late Grete Waitz firmly established herself as an all-time great.
Mutai Becomes New York's Fastest-Ever Finisher Scott Cacciola 2011
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Day, a student at the Royal Ballet School, gives a fearless performance as Grete, continuing to see her brother in the tortured insect form long after their parents have given up.
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