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honoring
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Honoring
(gcide) | Honor \Hon"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Honored ([o^]n"[~e]rd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Honoring.] [OE. honouren, onouren, OF.
honorer, honourer, F. honorer, fr. L. honorare, fr. honor,
n.]
1. To regard or treat with honor, esteem, or respect; to
revere; to treat with deference and submission; when used
of the Supreme Being, to reverence; to adore; to worship.
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Honor thy father and thy mother. --Ex. xx. 12.
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That all men should honor the Son, even as they
honor the Father. --John v. 23.
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It is a custom
More honor'd in the breach than the observance.
--Shak.
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2. To dignify; to raise to distinction or notice; to bestow
honor upon; to elevate in rank or station; to ennoble; to
exalt; to glorify; hence, to do something to honor; to
treat in a complimentary manner or with civility.
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Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king
delighten to honor. --Esther vi.
9.
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The name of Cassius honors this corruption. --Shak.
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3. (Com.) To accept and pay when due; as, to honora bill of
exchange.
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honoring
(wn) | honoring
n 1: conformity with law or custom or practice etc. [syn:
honoring, observance] [ant: nonobservance] |
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dishonoring
(encz) | dishonoring,potupující adj: lukedishonoring,zahanbující adj: luke |
honoring
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Dishonoring
(gcide) | Dishonor \Dis*hon"or\ (d[i^]s*[o^]n"[~e]r or
d[i^]z*[o^]n"[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dishonored
(d[i^]s*[o^]n"[~e]rd or d[i^]z*[o^]n"[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Dishonoring.] [OE. deshonouren, F. d['e]shonorer; pref.
d['e]s- (L. dis-) + honorer to honor, fr. L. honorare. See
Honor, v. t.] [Written also dishonour.]
1. To deprive of honor; to disgrace; to bring reproach or
shame on; to treat with indignity, or as unworthy in the
sight of others; to stain the character of; to lessen the
reputation of; as, the duelist dishonors himself to
maintain his honor.
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Nothing . . . that may dishonor
Our law, or stain my vow of Nazarite. --Milton.
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2. To violate the chastity of; to debauch. --Dryden.
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3. To refuse or decline to accept or pay; -- said of a bill,
check, note, or draft which is due or presented; as, to
dishonor a bill exchange.
Syn: To disgrace; shame; debase; degrade; lower; humble;
humiliate; debauch; pollute.
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honoring
(wn) | honoring
n 1: conformity with law or custom or practice etc. [syn:
honoring, observance] [ant: nonobservance] |
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