saluten.1
/səˈl(j)uːt/, U.S. /səˈlut/ I. An act of saluting.
1. An utterance, gesture, or action of any kind by which one person salutes another; a salutation. Now chiefly used with reference to other than verbal modes of saluting: cf. the following senses.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect > raising hand
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation > gesture
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a1400–50 Alexander 1490 ‘I bringe þe bodword of blis ser bischop’ he said, ‘With salutis of solas I am sent fra þe trone’.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 436/1 The preest..tourneth hym toward the peple & saleweth them sayeng Dominus vobiscum and that sygnefyeth salut whyche our lorde gafe to his appostles after his blessyd resurrexyon.
?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. D I Pope Iohnn..gyue saluyte the Emperour of Rome..& also the kinge of Frannce.
1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 21 v As thy saluts my sorrowes doe adiourne, So backe to thee their interest I returne.
1633 J. Ford Broken Heart vi. ii. sig. I3v The doublers of a Hare, or, in a morning, Salutes from a splay-footed witch,..Are not so boading mischiefe as thy crossing My priuate meditations.
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 67 O what avails me now that honour high To have conceiv'd of God, or that salute Hale highly favour'd, among women blest. View more context for this quotation
a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. ii. 451 I shall not trouble my self nor my Reader with the first salutes of our three friends.
1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile I. 18 We passed near enough, however, to give them the usual salute, Salam Alicum.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. iv. 97 He waved his hand, and Valancourt..returned the salute, and started away.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 84 Last, coming up quite close, and in his mood Crying, ‘..Take my salute,’ unknightly with flat hand, However lightly, smote her on the cheek.
1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 16 From no far mound Waved salute a tall white figure.
1879 R. Browning Pheidippides 111 So, to this day, when friend meets friend, the word of salute Is still ‘Rejoice!’
2. A kiss, by way of salutation. (Cf. salute v. 2e.)
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the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [noun] > kiss by way of greeting
salute1590
French kiss1836
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation > with a kiss
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1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. G To her he goes, and after his wonted salute sat downe by her.
1684 Earl of Roscommon Ess. Translated Verse 20 There, cold salutes, But here, a Lovers kiss.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 169/2 In Dances,..a Salute, a Kiss, or Kiss of the hand with a bow of the Body.
1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth V. 80 With a kind Salute, and without Dispute, He thought to gain her for his own.
1782 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (2012) V. 133 Dr. Johnson received me..with a salute so loud, that the 2 young Beaus..have never done laughing about it.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 213 He folded the fair maiden in his arms, and was permitted to take the salute which she had refused to bestow.
1906 H. Wales Mr. & Mrs. Villiers vii She extricated his right arm also, and was rewarded by the complimentary salute on the left cheek.
3. Military and Nautical.in extended use.1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 324 As we found them [sc. the enemy] within Gun-shot, our Leader ordered the two Wings to advance swiftly, and give them a Salvo on each Wing with their Shot... And indeed that Salute clog'd their Stomach, for they immediately halted.
a. A discharge of cannon or small arms, display of flags, a dipping of sails, a cheering of men, manning the yards, etc., as a mark of respect, or as military, naval, or official honour, for a person, nation, event, etc.A salute is said to be of as many guns as there are volleys fired.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > [noun] > salute
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect > salute by cannon
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1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 107 Their way of Salutes are with Even, as ours with Odd Guns.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Salutation Father Fournier has an express Treatise of Sea-Salutes and Signals.
1744 J. Philips Authentic Jrnl. Exped. Anson 181 He saluted us with eleven Guns, and we returned the salute with three.
1832 R. Lander & J. Lander Jrnl. Exped. Niger III. xx. 232 As we passed Forday's town, a salute of seven guns was fired off.
1838 J. L. Stephens Incidents Trav. Greece, Turkey, Russia 88/1 A frigate..was firing a salute.
1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) In firing salutes 10 seconds is to be allowed between each round.
1883 ‘Ouida’ Wanda I. 307 The culverins on the keep fired their salutes.
b. (See quot. 1876.)
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society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > [noun] > salute > by bodily movement
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1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram I. i. v. 84 ‘Beg pardon, Squire,’ said he, with a military salute.
1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) A salute is made by an inferior meeting or passing his superior, when in uniform and even out of uniform, by raising his hand to his cap or chaco.
c. The position of the sword, rifle, hand, etc., or the attitude assumed in saluting. Phrase, to stand at (the) salute.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect > raising hand > position of hand, sword, or rifle
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society > armed hostility > drill or training > [noun] > weapon-training > manual exercise > position of weapon > specific
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1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. i. 36 Officers recover their swords.., and drop them to the ‘Salute’.
d. With defining term prefixed, denoting the attitude adopted by the saluter, or his affiliation, as raised-arm salute n. a salute made with the arm out-stretched at an angle of about 45° from the vertical. clenched fist salute n. a raised-arm salute with fist clenched (chiefly in communist use). Hitler salute n. (or Nazi salute) a raised-arm salute with hand outstretched.
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society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > other gestures > [noun] > specific salutes
Hitler salute1935
raised-arm salute1935
clenched fist salute1959
1935 Economist 29 June 1478/1 Refusing to give the Hitler salute in his lecture-room.
1937 V. Bartlett This is my Life x. 165 Hundreds of arms went out in the Hitler salute, hundreds of voices yelled the Horst Wessel Lied.
1943 D. Gascoyne Poems 1937–42 5 The centurions..Greet one another with raised-arm salutes.
1959 Chambers's Encycl. XII. 173/2 Special forms of salute, the clenched fist salute of the Communists, the ‘Roman salute’ of the Fascists and the Hitler salute, have been a feature of modern political life.
1967 W. Soyinka Kongi's Harvest 64 The carpenters end with a march down-stage with stiff mallet-wielding arms pistoning up in the Nazi salute.
1974 R. Thomas Porkchoppers xviii. 162 ‘You mean Peter Majury?’ ‘Jawohl,’ Gayan said and made a Nazi salute.
1976 Times 13 Nov. 4 (caption) Clenched fist communist salutes from a group of Madrid car workers who had earlier voted to join the strike.
1977 Times 27 Jan. 6/8 Riot police looked on impassively here [i.e. in Madrid] today as a massive crowd of mourners..gave the clenched fist Marxist salute at the funeral of five lawyers gunned down on Monday night by right-wing terrorists.
4. Fencing. A formal greeting of swordsmen when about to engage, consisting of a conventional series of guards, appels, thrusts, parries, parades, etc.
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1809 J. Roland Amateur of Fencing 139 The salute of carte and tierce is practised on the same principle.
1889 W. H. Pollock et al. Fencing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 98 The Salute, or prelude to the Assault.
5. † b. Used elliptically (= Latin salutem) in epistolary salutations. Obsolete.
a. Safety, well-being, salvation. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > safety > [noun]
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?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 137 She shall dye for the salute and helthe of troye.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 430/2 As the auncyente thobye gaue to them admonestyng of salut techyng them ouer alle thynges to drede god.
1509 H. Watson in tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (de Worde) Argt. sig. A.i This booke compyled for the felycyte & salute of all the humayne gendre.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation > in letters
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a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) Let. iv. f. 107v Marke oratour Romayn..to the Domitian of Capue, salute and consolacion of the goddis.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xiv. 91 Pausanias duc of spart, to the kyng xerxes salut.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
saluten.2
Obsolete exc. Historical.
A gold coin bearing a representation of the salutation of Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; struck by Charles VI of France, and also by Henry V and Henry VI of England for circulation in their French dominions.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > French coins > gold
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145. Rolls. of Parl. V. 181/1 Oon obligation of the Duchesse of Burgoyne of XV m. salutz.
1455 in Paston Lett. (1872) I. 360 For the value and denombrement of iiij. ml. saluz of yerly rent.
1475 Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 19 Johan..paied to the said regent duc of Bedforde for his raunson and finaunce allone clx. M. salux.
1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 16 Ryallis nobles of englond Salews of gold lyons Olde sterlingis pens.
1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 79 Item, in Hari nobilis and salutis fourti and ane.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lxxv The kyng of England..caused a new coyne to be made called the Salute, where in wer the Armes of Fraunce and the Armes of England and Fraunce quarterly.
1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xxv. i. 363 We haue yet remaining, the riall..the salut, the angell [etc.].
1580 J. Stow Chrons. of Eng. 618 King Henry [VI] caused a peece to be stamped called a Salus, worth two and twentie Shillings and Blans of eyghtpence a peece.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xlvi. 207 The summe of threescore and two thousand saluts (in English money fifteen thousand and five hundred pounds).
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 29/1 The Salute of England, worth six shillings ten pence.
1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 79 in Athenæ Britannicæ III Hen. 5's Golden Coyns were Rose-Nobles, Half-Nobles and Farthings, and Salus.
1716 M. Davies Crit. Hist. 79 in Athenæ Britannicæ III Hen. 6. brought in the Rials, or Royals, Angels, Angellets and Salut.
1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 331/1 To these [coins]..Henry V. [added] salutes, and half-salutes. Henry VI. coined salutes, angelots, and francs in gold.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
salutev.
/səˈl(j)uːt/, U.S. /səˈlut/ 1. † c. salute me used for: Give my greeting (to). Cf. remember me to…remember v.1 17. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To accost or address with words expressive of good wishes, respect, or homage, esp. with some customary formula of that import; to greet in words.
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > addressing or speaking to > speak to or address [verb (transitive)]
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to speak on ——?1370
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > greet or salute
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to give the day (to)1613
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 9 Marie..went mekeli in hast to salute her cosyn.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 193 He saluted and grette þe senatoures, and spak to eueriche of þe peple þat come aboute hym by his owne name.
14.. Sir Beues (Cambr.) 1283 + 291 [He] saluted þe kyng on þys manere, As ye may aftur here.
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 78 With ave or kirye salute a kyng.
1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton A v Thou sholdest salewt and grete the peple gladly.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xxi. 60 He drew thedyr & salutyd ye olde man in ye name of god.
a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxx Forgete not to salute her with this swete worde Aue.
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. ii. 32 Rom: Good morrow... Fri: Benedicite, what earlie tongue so soone saluteth me?
1712 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 22 Jan. (1948) II. 469 T'other day at the court of requests Dr. Yalden saluted me by name.
1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 81 Being admitted to his presence they saluted him in that queen's name.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues III. 258 He saluted me as an acquaintance whom he remembered from my former visit.
b. I salute you: used as itself a formula of salutation. Similarly in the 3rd person, of one who ‘sends greeting’. [So Latin salutare.] archaic.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae [phrase] > terms of greeting
God give you good dayc1275
hail be thou (also ye)c1275
pax vobisc1275
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(good, fair) time of day (to you)1597
how goes it?1598
I salute youa1616
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how do you find yourself?a1646
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how do?1886
how are you popping (up)?1894
how's (less frequently how are) tricks?1915
how's (or how are) things (or, originally Australia and New Zealand, tricks?)1926
how's life?1931
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. ii. 22 You English Princes all, I doe salute you . View more context for this quotation
1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii I. i. ii. 18 ‘Fair Julia, we salute thee’, said Clodius.
c1850 Arabian Nights (Rtldg.) 252 ‘My mistress’, said she, ‘salutes you, and I come from her to beg you to deliver this letter to the prince of Persia’.
1881 Ld. Tennyson To Virgil x I salute thee, Mantovano, I that loved thee since my day began.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae [phrase] > expressions of remembrance
(give, commend, remember) my love to —1615
salute me1700
1700 W. Penn in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1870) IX. 5 Salute me to the commissioners.
d. To hail or greet (as king, etc.).
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > greet or salute > as king, etc.
salute1560
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cjv All people saluted hym with the tytle of the Emperour Auguste.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccccxxiij He is saluted Prynce Electour.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) ii. ii. 61 Be we the first, That shall salute our rightfull Soueraigne With honor of his Birth-right to the Crowne. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 30 Till that vtmost corner of the West Salute thee for her King. View more context for this quotation
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 2 King Henrie..for the time was saluted Lord of Ireland.
1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 40 Now they heare it as their ord'nary surname, to be saluted the Fathers of their countrey.
1756 W. Duncan tr. Cicero Sel. Orations xi. 395 It is but lately that L. Torquatus..was, at my instance, saluted emperor from this province.
e. In extended sense: To accost or address (whether courteously or otherwise).
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c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) l. 438 On a rewde maner he salutyd all the rout, With a bold voyse carpyng wordys stout.
1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 303 Adiute..beeing returned to towne, saw himselfe saluted by a letter of defiance.
f. poetic. Of birds, etc.: To hail or greet (the sun, the dawn) with song.
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > addressing or speaking to > speak to or address [verb (transitive)] > the dawn (of birds)
salute1682
1682 T. Creech tr. Lucretius De natura rerum ii. 39 The Morning climbs the Eastern Skies, And tuneful birds salute her early rise.
1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite ii, in Fables 27 The Morning-Lark, the Messenger of Day, Saluted in her Song the Morning gray.
1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 46 Victorious Wrong, with vulture scream, Salutes the risen sun, pursues the flying day.
2. intransitive.1629 W. Davenant Trag. Albovine iii. i It is a piece of courtship to salute at parting.† f. To honour (a person) with a present, gift, etc. Cf. greet v.1 3d. Obsolete.† h. to salute Tyburn: jocularly, to be hanged. Obsolete.
a. To greet with some gesture or visible action conventionally expressive of respect or courteous recognition.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > greet or salute > by gesture
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c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) xxiii. 83 All his [the emperor's] knyghtes and other men, whan thei sawe hym, worshipfully thei saluted hym.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxii. 216 Huon approchyd & salutyd hym humbly.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) i. sig. H1 When that noble toppe doth nodd, I beleeue she salutes me.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A7 He faire the knight saluted, louting low.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. ii. 6 Deere earth I do salute thee with my hand. View more context for this quotation
1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 25 As soon as the Sun arose, [he] saluted it, and retir'd.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Salutation In England, &c. we salute one another by uncovering the Head, inclining the Body, &c. The Orientals by uncovering their Feet, laying their Hands on the Breast, &c.
1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 60 One curtesies to the ground, the other salutes the audience with a smile.
1762 Ld. Kames Elements Crit. III. xx. 60 Among the ancients, it was customary after a long voyage to salute the natal soil.
a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 93 Were they to stand erect and covered while everybody else saluted him?
b. absol. and intransitive. To perform a salutation.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use formal courtesy in act or expression [verb (intransitive)] > greet
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1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiv. 239 With them [sc. the men of the East] to congratulat and salute by giuing a becke with the head, or a bende of the bodie, with vs here in England, and in Germany..to shake handes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 47 You told me, you salute not at the Court, but you kisse your hands. View more context for this quotation
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 174 They..salute by bending the body and laying their left hand on their right side.
c. spec. in Military and Navy use. (a) transitive. To pay respect to (a superior) by a prescribed bodily movement, the presenting of arms, or the like. (b) Of a ship, a body of troops, a commander: To honour or ceremoniously recognize in the customary manner, by a discharge of artillery or small arms, by lowering of flags, or the like. (c) absol., and intransitive. To perform a salute.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > perform ceremony [verb (transitive)] > salute
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [verb (transitive)] > show respect for > by guns or flags
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society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > perform ceremony [verb (intransitive)] > perform salute
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [verb (transitive)] > show respect for > by prescribed bodily movement
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society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > perform ceremony [verb (transitive)] > salute > by bodily movement
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1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. ii. 5 b They came to sight of their Captaine Generall,..and saluting him with many shot of ordinaunce, and with sound of Trumpets, they spake unto him.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) The Colours also salute Princes and Generals, which is done by Bowing them down to the Ground.
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 102 We saluted the Spanish Flag.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Salutation In the Army, the Officers salute by certain orderly, studied Motions of the Pike, &c.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Salutation Saluting with the Sails, is performed by hovering the Topsails half Way of the Masts.—Only those Vessels which carry no Guns, salute with the Sails.
1744 J. Philips Authentic Jrnl. Exped. Anson 148 We saluted the Governor of Macao with 11 Guns.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Salute When a captain salutes an admiral..he is to give him fifteen guns.
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. (at cited word) When a regiment is to be reviewed by..the king, or his general,..the officers salute one after another, pointing their swords downwards. The ensigns salute together, by lowering their colours, when his Majesty, or any of the royal family, are present.
1803 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) V. 139 You are not to salute the Fort of his Catholic Majesty, unless you receive a positive assurance that an equal number of guns will be returned.
1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 32 Officers wearing Hats, are not on any occasion to take them off in saluting; but when their Swords are not drawn, they are to salute, by bringing up the right hand to the forehead horizontally, on a line with the eyebrow.
1878 D. Kemp Man. Yacht & Boat Sailing 341 The ensign is lowered or dipped as a means of saluting a commodore, &c. or member of a club.
?1881 Suppl. Voyle's Mil. Dict. 32/1 Her Majesty the Queen as Empress of India is saluted in India with 100 guns; the viceroy and governor-general of India with 31 guns.
1889 Infantry Drill i. 24 When a soldier is about to pass an officer, he will salute with the further hand on the third pace before reaching him, and will lower the hand on the third pace after passing him.
d. Fencing. intransitive. To perform the salute used in fencing. See salute n.1 4.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fence [verb (intransitive)] > actions
traversea1470
to hold one's handa1500
flourish1552
lock1579
to come in1594
retire1594
pass1595
recover1600
redouble1640
allonge1652
caveat1652
parry1671
disengage1684
overlap1692
volt1692
tierce1765
whip1771
wrench1771
lunge1809
salute1809
riposte1823
cut1833
quart1833
repost1848
remise1889
1809 J. Roland Amateur of Fencing 135 As it is understood when you salute, that it is a compliment you pay to the company, you should, while forming the parade of carte, turn your face to the spectators.
1809 J. Roland Amateur of Fencing 136 Although I have directed that in saluting you should, in general, do it in carte first, and tierce afterwards.
e. transitive. To kiss, or greet with a kiss. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [verb (intransitive)] > (greet with a) kiss
salute1629
the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [verb (transitive)] > (greet with a) kiss
salute1629
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use formal courtesy in act or expression [verb (intransitive)] > bid farewell > with a kiss
salute1629
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > greet or salute > with a kiss
salute1629
1716 J. Addison Drummer iii. 31 You have the prettiest Tip of a Finger—I must take the Freedom to salute it.
1716 J. Addison Drummer iv. 37 Ab. Ay! but you han't saluted me. Fan. That's right; Faith I forgot that Circumstance. [Kisses her.]
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. v. 43 He..was going to salute my daughters as one certain of a kind reception.
1773 S. Johnson Let. 30 Sept. (1992) II. 90 I had the honour of saluting the farfamed Miss Flora Macdonald.
1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. viii. 79 He once more saluted the tips of Mrs. Pendennis's glove.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [verb (transitive)] > show respect for > honour with a gift
salute1599
the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > give as a present or make a present of > give present to > honour with a gift
salute1599
1599 George a Greene sig. C1v And first I saluted her with a greene gowne.
1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. ii. sig. D2v Wouldst haue a Ballet to salute her with?
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. viii. 346 I saluted the Princesse Palatine, with certayne rare Relickes of the Holy Land.
g. ironically used for: To assail.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)]
greetc893
overfallOE
riseOE
assail?c1225
to lay on or upon?c1225
onseekc1275
to set on ——c1290
infighta1300
saila1300
to go upon ——c1300
to turn one's handc1325
lashc1330
annoyc1380
impugnc1384
offendc1385
to fall on ——a1387
sault1387
affrayc1390
to set upon ——1390
to fall upon ——a1398
to lay at?a1400
semblea1400
assayc1400
havec1400
aset1413
oppressa1425
attachc1425
to set at ——c1430
fraya1440
fray1465
oppugn?a1475
sayc1475
envaye1477
pursue1488
envahisshe1489
assaulta1500
to lay to, untoa1500
requirea1500
enterprise?1510
invade1513
assemblec1515
expugn1530
to fare on1535
to fall into ——1550
mount1568
attack?1576
affront1579
invest1598
canvass1599
to take arms1604
attempt1605
to make force at, to, upon1607
salute1609
offence1614
strikea1616
to give a lift at1622
to get at ——1650
insult1697
to walk into ——1794
to go in at1812
to go for ——1838
to light on ——1842
strafe1915
1609 S. Rowlands Famous Hist. Guy Earle of Warwick 60 Here is a weapon that must do me right. So draws his sword, salutes him with the same About the head, the shoulders, and the side.
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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > be hanged [verb (intransitive)]
rideeOE
hangc1000
anhangc1300
wagc1430
totter?1515
to wave in the windc1515
swing1542
trine1567
to look through ——?1570
to preach at Tyburn cross1576
stretch?1576
to stretch a rope1592
truss1592
to look through a hempen window?a1600
gibbet1600
to have the lift1604
to salute Tyburn1640
to dance the Tyburn jig1664
dangle1678
to cut a caper on nothing1708
string1714
twist1725
to wallop in a tow (also tether)1786
to streek in a halter1796
to straight a ropea1800
strap1815
to dance upon nothing1837
to streek a tow1895
1640 W. Somner Antiq. Canterbury 205 Conspired with the Holy Maide of Kent..and saluted Tiburne for his paines.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > pay a complimentary visit to
salute1585
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xi. 13 The Ambassadour sent to salute the Caddy.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) i. iii. 41 To morrow..Don Alphonso, With other Gentlemen of good esteeme Are iournying, to salute the Emperor, And to commend their seruice to his will. View more context for this quotation
1638 in Hamilton Papers (1880) 26 Eayrlie in the morning they sent ther commissioners doune to salut me.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 367 Having not saluted the Temple Twelve times since he began to Reign.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > have knowledge, know [verb (transitive)] > know a small amount
salute1648
inkle1866
1648 Bp. J. Hall Breathings Devout Soul xxxvi. 58 Methuselah..did not more truly live, then the childe that did but salute, and leave the world.
1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature iii. 43 Every one, who has but just saluted the Mathematics and philosophy, must be convinced, that [etc.].
5.
a. transferred and figurative. Of inanimate things, in various applications: †To bow or incline towards (obsolete); to appear or come forth as if in welcome of; to approach, come into contact with; †(in Shakespeare) to affect or act upon in any way (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > cause to have specific direction > incline towards
ask?c1400
salutec1440
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > welcome > come forth as if in welcome
salute1594
the world > action or operation > operation upon something > have effect on [verb (transitive)]
rineOE
takec1300
concern1446
redound1460
work1487
touch1491
solicit1601
salutea1616
enact1616
affect1630
reach1637
attinge1640
act1655
influence1661
irradiate1668
vibrate1845
involve1847
inwork1855
to cut ice (with someone)1894
dent1931
impact1935
to make (also put) a dent in1942
the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touch [verb (transitive)]
arinec1000
atrinec1000
rineOE
trinec1200
reachc1225
takec1275
touchc1300
entouch1426
atouch1483
salutea1616
attinge1656
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. xii. 62 And there let bowis multiplie, And afterlong on euery side hem plie, Salutyng eest & west, & north & south.
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. i. 5 As when the golden sunne salutes the morne. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 591 Not that I haue the power to clutch my hand, When his faire Angels would salute my palme. View more context for this quotation
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iii. 104 Would I had no being If this salute my blood a iot. View more context for this quotation
1660 E. Waller To King on his Return 88 Like Ears of Corn when wind salutes the field.
1830 J. G. Strutt Sylva Brit. (rev. ed.) 59 It [the elm] is the first tree that salutes the early spring with its light and cheerful green.
1880 J. H. Shorthouse John Inglesant (1882) II. 119 A land bathed in sunset light, overarched by rainbows, saluted by cool zephyrs.
b. Of a sound or sight: To strike (the eye or ear).
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > [verb (transitive)] > strike (the ear)
salutea1586
strike1603
resound1641
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > be clearly visible > be conspicuous
to stand fortha1425
to catch the (also a person's) eye1585
salutea1586
stare1645
to make (familiarly to cut) a figure1699
to show up1860
to jump to the eye(s)1926
to stick (or stand) out like a sore thumb1936
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. iv. sig. Q5 Her eyes were saluted with a tuft of trees.
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxxviii. 57 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 130 And ere the light Salute my sight.
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. ii. sig. Aa4v Our Ears were saluted with the melodious Musick of a good number of Larks.
1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 151 You may looke..a huge way into their gardens, which even from thence, will salute your eye with dainty perspectiues.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 90 The first object that saluted my eye, was a child full of scrophulous ulcers.
1791 W. Cowper Retirem. 89 A long and melancholy mew, Saluting his poetic ears.
1805 T. J. Dibdin All's Well 14 Some well-known voice salutes his ear.
Derivatives
saˈluted n. and adj.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation > one who is greeted
saluted1658
1658 T. Manton Pract. Comm. Jude i, in Wks. (1871) V. 9 This first verse presenteth us with the two first circumstances, the saluter and the saluted.
1804 W. Hanna Earlier Years Our Lord's Life 293 The Ruler..who..might have counted on being the saluted rather than the saluter, does not hesitate to address him thus: ‘Rabbi, we know’ [etc.].
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