*5:a. To accost or address with the [[expressions]] of goodwill or courtesy usual on meeting; to offer in [[speech]] or [[writing]] to (a [[person]]) the [[expression]] of one's own or another's [[friendly]] or polite regard. Now only literary. Formerly often to greet (a person) fair, friendly, well. | *5:a. To accost or address with the [[expressions]] of goodwill or courtesy usual on meeting; to offer in [[speech]] or [[writing]] to (a [[person]]) the [[expression]] of one's own or another's [[friendly]] or polite regard. Now only literary. Formerly often to greet (a person) fair, friendly, well. |