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all-hailing

all-hailing is the present participle and gerund of all-hail.

Meaning of all-hail

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...

Questions about all-hailing

What is all-hailing the present participle and gerund of?
All-hailing is the present participle and gerund of all-hail.

Words near all-hailing in the dictionary

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

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