- (v.t.) To promote the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to gratify.
- (v.t.) To honor, as some day, person or nation, by a discharge of cannon or small arms, by dipping colors, by cheers, etc.
- (v.t.) To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.
- (v.) A sign, token or ceremony, expressing good will, compliment or respect, as a kiss, a bow, etc.
- (v.) The act of saluting or expressing kind wishes or respect; salutation; greeting.
- (v.) 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.
- (v.t.) Hence, to give a sign of good will; to compliment by an act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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