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Salute   /səlˈut/   Listen
noun
Salute  n.  
1.
The act of saluting, or expressing kind wishes or respect; salutation; greeting.
2.
A sign, token, or ceremony, expressing good will, compliment, or respect, as a kiss, a bow, etc.
3.
(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.


verb
Salute  v. t.  (past & past part. saluted; pres. part. saluting)  
1.
To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail. "I salute you with this kingly title."
2.
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."
3.
(Mil. & Naval) To honor, as some day, person, or nation, by a discharge of cannon or small arms, by dipping colors, by cheers, etc.
4.
To promote the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to gratify. (Obs.) "If this salute my blood a jot."





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"Salute" Quotes from Famous Books



... after going stoutly to fisticuffs, like Sudra rabble, should we be at all nearer to the decision of our difference? The fittest person to determine the controversy, I think, would be the man who occasioned it. The soldier, who chose to salute one of us, cannot yet be far off: let us therefore run after him as quickly as we can, and we shall soon know for which of ...
— The Book of Noodles - Stories Of Simpletons; Or, Fools And Their Follies • W. A. Clouston
... rebounding from apprehension to easy assurance at sight of the girl's smile. "I would prefer to be third-degreed by the young lady. Permit me to salute the Queen ...
— Out of the Depths - A Romance of Reclamation • Robert Ames Bennet
... passengers run for their lives, with the sharp wind rushing after them, as a cat after a mouse! Men cover even their faces with fur; but should an unlucky nose peep out from the warm shelter, the bitter frost often bites it on a sudden. "Father— father! thy nose!" thus will one stranger salute another as he passes; and if not speedily rubbed with snow, the nose of the poor passenger is lost! Men's very eyes are sometimes frozen up, and they have no resource but to beg admission at the first door to which they can grope, to unthaw their glued lashes ...
— The Rambles of a Rat • A. L. O. E.
... no rabbit that could have pricked up his ears quicker than did the pivotal men at the sound of that magic word. "Hail, Roley!" we cried; "we who are about to be demobilised salute you!" ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156., March 5, 1919 • Various
... rigid, and stood at the salute. The air seemed full of hats and handkerchiefs and delirious shrieking. The Kaiser put ...
— Christine • Alice Cholmondeley


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