Hail  

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"Hail, solitary ruins! holy sepulchres, and silent walls! you I invoke; to you I address my prayer. While your aspect averts, with secret terror, the vulgar regard, it excites in my heart the charm of delicious sentiments--sublime contemplations."--The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature (1791) by Volney

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  1. To greet.
    Hail Linzen
  2. To praise enthusiastically.
    He was hailed as a hero.
  3. To call out to loudly in order to gain the attention of.
    Hail a taxi

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