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knighted |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Knight \Knight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knighted}; p. pr & vb n. {Knighting}.] To dub or create one a knight; -- done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir ---. A soldier, by the honor-giving hand Of C?ur-de-Lion knighted in the field. --Shak.
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