knighting

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knighting - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Knight \Knight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knighted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Knighting.]
     To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the
     sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword,
     saying: Rise, Sir ---.
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           A soldier, by the honor-giving hand
           Of C[oe]ur-de-Lion knighted in the field. --Shak.
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