Definitions

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  • verb archaic second-person singular form of to hail.

Etymologies

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From hail +‎ -est, the archaic second-person singular present tense suffix

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Examples

  • In the last days of that Revolution which thou hailest, amidst the wrecks of the Order thou cursest as Oppression, seek the fulfilment of thy destiny, and await thy cure. '

    Zanoni Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

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