saluting

Verb

salute (third-person singular simple present salutes, present participle saluting, simple past and past participle saluted)

1. (ambitransitive) To make a gesture in honor of (someone or something).
   • They saluted the flag as it passed in the parade.
2. To act in thanks, honor, or tribute; to thank or extend gratitude; to praise.
   • I would like to salute the many dedicated volunteers that make this project possible.
3. (Ireland, informal) to wave, to acknowledge an acquaintance.
   • I saluted Bill at the concert, but he didn't see me through the crowd.
4. To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.
   • Then I salute you with this kingly title: / Long live Richard, England's royal king!c. 1592, William Shakespeare, edited by William George Clark and William Aldis Wright, King Richard III, The Works of William Shakespeare edition, published 1867, act 3, scene 7, page 578, line 239
5. To promote the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to gratify.
   • Would I had no being, / If this salute my blood a jot; it faints me, / To think what follows.1623, William Shakespeare, edited by Howard Staunton, King Henry the Eighth, The Works of William Shakespeare edition, volume 3, published 1864, act 2, scene 3, page 292
6. (archaic) To kiss.
   • #*:Twice indeed with rapture, which once she called rude, did I salute her; and each time, resenting the freedom, did she retire […].1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCXX”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […]...

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