all-hail

See also: all hail

English

Etymology

From all hail (interjection).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɔːlˈheɪl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɔlˈheɪl/, (cot–caught merger) /ˌɑl-/

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• Rhymes: -eɪl

Verb

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

1. (transitive, often literary or poetic) To greet or salute (someone) with a cry of "all hail"; hence, to greet or welcome (someone).
   • c. 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, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:

     Missives from the king, who all-hailed me Thane of Cawdor

Translations

to greet or salute (someone) with a cry of “all hail”

to greet or welcome (someone) — see greet,‎ welcome