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English
Etymology
Verbalised from the expression all hail.
Verb
all-hail (third-person singular simple present all-hails, present participle all-hailing, simple past and past participle all-hailed)
- (transitive, poetic, obsolete) To salute; to greet.
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Missives from the king, who all-hailed me Thane of Cawdor
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