2007-07-27 18:13:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
To hail someone is to greet or acknowledge them- like waving or saluting. In the case of Caesar it was an expression of loyalty and alliegance, the same with Hitler.
2007-07-27 18:17:21 · answer #1 · answered by C-Man 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Definition Of Hail
2016-10-02 23:04:23 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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what does the word 'hail' mean?..like in 'hail caesar' or just 'hail'?
2015-08-20 05:09:55 · answer #3 · answered by Lyle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
–verb (used with object) 1. to cheer, salute, or greet; welcome.
2. to acclaim; approve enthusiastically: The crowds hailed the conquerors. They hailed the recent advances in medicine.
3. to call out to in order to stop, attract attention, ask aid, etc.: to hail a cab.
–verb (used without object) 4. to call out in order to greet, attract attention, etc.: The people on land hailed as we passed in the night.
–noun 5. a shout or call to attract attention: They answered the hail of the marooned boaters.
6. a salutation or greeting: a cheerful hail.
7. the act of hailing.
–interjection 8. (used as a salutation, greeting, or acclamation.)
—Verb phrase9. hail from, to have as one's place of birth or residence: Nearly everyone here hails from the Midwest.
—Idiom10. within hail, within range of hearing; audible: The mother kept her children within hail of her voice.
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[Origin: 1150–1200; ME haile, earlier heilen, deriv. of hail health < ON heill; c. OE hǣl. See heal, wassail]
—Related forms
hailer, noun
—Synonyms 2. cheer, applaud, honor, exalt, laud, extol.
2007-07-27 18:26:59 · answer #4 · answered by Tim W 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A form of greeting and to salute
2007-07-27 18:23:57 · answer #5 · answered by mystic_chez 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'AVE' IN LATIN !!
2007-07-28 07:56:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋