Hailed the guests

• Welcomed warmly
• Shook hands with, say
• Received formally
• Said hello to
• Said "Hi!" to
• Said hello
• Saw in

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: greet )

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Greet \Greet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greeted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Greeting .] [OE. greten, AS. gr[=e]tan to address, approach; akin to OS. gr[=o]tian, LG. gr["o]ten, D. groeten, OHG. gruozzen, G. gr["u]ssen. [root]50.] To address with salutations or expressions ...