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sa⋅lute

  [suh-loot] verb -lut⋅ed, -lut⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. Military. to pay respect to or honor by some formal act, as by raising the right hand to the side of the headgear, presenting arms, firing cannon, dipping colors, etc.
2. to address with expressions of goodwill, respect, etc.; greet.
3. to make a bow or other gesture to, as in greeting, farewell, or respect.
4. to express respect or praise for; honor; commend.
–verb (used without object)
5. Military. to give a salute.
6. to perform a salutation.
–noun
7. Military.
a. the special act of respect paid in saluting.
b. the position of the hand or rifle in saluting: at the salute.
8. an act of saluting; salutation.
9. a gold coin, bearing the image of the Virgin Mary receiving Gabriel's salutation, issued by Charles VI of France and by Henry V and Henry VI of England.
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Origin:
1350–1400; (v.) ME saluten < L salūtāre to greet (lit., to hail), deriv. of salūt- (s. of salūs) health; r. salue < F saluer < L, as above; (n.) ME, partly < OF salut (deriv. of saluer), partly deriv. of the v.

Related forms:
sa⋅lut⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
4. applaud, cheer, praise.
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sa·lute   (sə-lōōt')   
v.   sa·lut·ed, sa·lut·ing, sa·lutes

v.   tr.

  1. To greet or address with an expression of welcome, goodwill, or respect.

  2. To recognize (a superior) with a gesture prescribed by military regulations, as by raising the hand to the cap.

    1. To honor formally and ceremoniously.

    2. To express warm approval of; commend: salute an agency for its charity work.

  4. To become noticeable to: A stench saluted our nostrils.

v.   intr.
To make a gesture of greeting or respect.
n.  

  1. An act of greeting; a salutation.

    1. An act or gesture of welcome, honor, or courteous recognition: a musical salute to the composer's 90th birthday.

    2. The position of the hand or rifle or the bodily posture of a person saluting a military superior.

  3. A formal military display of honor or greeting, such as the firing of cannon.


[Middle English saluten, from Latin salūtāre, from salūs, salūt-, health; see sol- in Indo-European roots.]
sa·lut'er n.
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Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

salute  (v.)
c.1380, earlier salue (c.1300), from L. salutare "to greet," lit. "wish health to," from salus (gen. salutis) "greeting, good health," related to salvus "safe" (see safe). The noun is attested from c.1400 as an utterance, gesture, or action of any kind. The military and nautical sense of "display flags, fire cannons, etc., as a mark of respect" is recorded from 1582 (the noun in this sense is from 1698); sense of raising the hand to the cap in the presence of a superior officer is from 1832 (n.), 1844 (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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