salute

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  THE PROCESSION SALUTING THE PRESIDENT
• WordNet 3.6
  • v salute express commendation of "I salute your courage!"
  • v salute greet in a friendly way "I meet this men every day on my way to work and he salutes me"
  • v salute recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position "When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute"
  • v salute honor with a military ceremony, as when honoring dead soldiers
  • v salute propose a toast to "Let us toast the birthday girl!","Let's drink to the New Year"
  • v salute become noticeable "a terrible stench saluted our nostrils"
  • n salute an act of greeting with friendly words and gestures like bowing or lifting the hat
  • n salute a formal military gesture of respect
  • n salute an act of honor or courteous recognition "a musical salute to the composer on his birthday"
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"I salute you in the name of Jonesville and America."

• Interesting fact: Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past their king. This custom has become the modern military salute.
• • Salute A sign, token, or ceremony, expressing good will, compliment, or respect, as a kiss, a bow, etc.
  • Salute (Mil. & Naval) A token of respect or honor for some distinguished or official personage, for a foreign vessel or flag, or for some festival or event, as by presenting arms, by a discharge of cannon, volleys of small arms, dipping the colors or the topsails, etc.
  • Salute Hence, to give a sign of good will; to compliment by an act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow, etc. "You have the prettiest tip of a finger . . . I must take the freedom to salute it."
  • Salute The act of saluting, or expressing kind wishes or respect; salutation; greeting.
  • Salute To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail. "I salute you with this kingly title."
  • Salute (Mil. & Naval) To honor, as some day, person, or nation, by a discharge of cannon or small arms, by dipping colors, by cheers, etc.
  • Salute To promote the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to gratify. "If this salute my blood a jot."
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• Interesting fact: The military salute originated during the medieval times. Knights in armor used to raise their visors to reveal their identity, and the motion later evolved into the modern-day salute.
• • salute To wish health to; greet with expressions of respect, good will, affection, etc.
  • salute To greet with a kiss, a bow, a courtesy, the uncovering of the head, a clasp or a wave of the hand, or the like; especially, in older writers, to kiss.
  • salute To hail or greet with welcome, honor, homage, etc.; welcome; hail.
  • salute To honor formally or with ceremonious recognition, as by the firing of cannon, presenting arms, dipping the colors, etc.: as, to salute a general or an admiral; to salute the flag.
  • salute To touch; affect; influence; excite.
  • salute To perform a salutation; exchange greetings.
  • salute To perform a military salute.
  • n salute An act of expressing kind wishes or respect; a salutation; a greeting.
  • n salute A kiss.
  • n salute In the army and navy, a compliment paid when a distinguished personage presents himself, when troops or squadrons meet, when officers are buried, or to celebrate an event or show respect to a flag, and on many other ceremonial occasions. There are many modes of performing a salute, such as firing cannon or small-arms, dipping colors, presenting arms, manning the yards, cheering, etc. The salute representing the exchange of courtesies between a man-of-war, when entering a harbor for the first time within a year, and the authorities on shore, consists in firing a certain number of guns, depending upon the rank of the officers saluted.
  • n salute The position of the sword, rifle, hand, etc., in saluting; the attitude of a person saluting: as, to stand at the salute while the general is passing; specifically, in fencing, a formal greeting of swordsmen when about to engage.
  • n salute Synonyms Greeting, etc. See salutation.
  • n salute A gold coin current in the French dominions of Henry V. and Henry VI. of England, weighing about 54 grains.
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• Interesting fact: The salute of uniform bodies (eg. army, police) originated from knights who lifted their visors to show their face to a royalty.
• • v.t Salute sal-ūt′ to address with kind wishes: to greet with a kiss, a bow, &c.: to honour formally by a discharge of cannon, striking colours, &c
  • n Salute act of saluting: the position of the hand, sword, &c. in saluting: greeting: a kiss: a complimentary discharge of cannon, dipping colours, presenting arms, &c., in honour of any one
  • n Salute a sacristy in the early church in which the clergy received the greetings of the people: an oration in Latin delivered by the student who ranks second
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• Gladiator's Salute

  

  “Hail Caesar, those who are about to die salute you.”
• Walt Whitman

  

  “Seasons pursuing each other the indescribable crowd is gathered, it is the fourth of Seventh-month, (what salutes of cannon and small arms!)”
• Prutz

  

  “If you cannot renounce the world the genius of happiness will never salute you.”
• George Santayana

  

  “Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.”

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