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all-hail

UK/ˌɔːlˈheɪl//ˌɔlˈheɪl/

all-hail verb: to greet or salute (someone) with a cry of "all hail"; hence, to greet or welcome (someone).

Verb

all-hail (third-person singular simple present all-hails, present participle all-hailing, simple past and past participle all-hailed)

  1. (literary, often, poetic, transitive) To greet or salute (someone) with a cry of "all hail"; hence, to greet or welcome (someone).
    • Missives from the king, who all-hailed me Thane of Cawdorc. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Forms of all-hail

third-person singular presentall-hails
present participleall-hailing
past participleall-hailed
pastall-hailed

Origin of all-hail

From all hail (interjection).

Words that rhyme with all-hail

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Questions about all-hail

What does all-hail mean?
All-hail means to greet or salute (someone) with a cry of "all hail"; hence, to greet or welcome (someone).
What part of speech is all-hail?
All-hail is a verb.
How do you pronounce all-hail?
All-hail is pronounced /ˌɔːlˈheɪl/ (UK).
What is the past tense of all-hail?
The past tense of all-hail is all-hailed.

Words near all-hail in the dictionary

  1. all-firedly
  2. all-fours
  3. all-gender
  4. all-girls
  5. all-good
  6. all-hail
  7. all-hailed
  8. all-hailing
  9. all-hails
  10. all-hands
  11. all-hang-out

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