Crossword clues for honoring
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Honor \Hon"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Honored; p. pr. & vb. n. Honoring.] [OE. honouren, onouren, OF. honorer, honourer, F. honorer, fr. L. honorare, fr. honor, n.]
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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.
Honor thy father and thy mother.
--Ex. xx. 1 That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father.
--John v. 2-
It is a custom More honor'd in the breach than the observance.
--Shak.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.
Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighten to honor.
--Esther vi. 9.The name of Cassius honors this corruption.
--Shak.3. (Com.) To accept and pay when due; as, to honora bill of exchange.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of honor English)
WordNet
n. conformity with law or custom or practice etc. [syn: observance] [ant: nonobservance]
Usage examples of "honoring".
He knew that, and Grayson had developed its own traditions and customs for honoring their memory.
When they saw Mariko, all bowed, Browns and Grays equally honoring her.
And he watched her, despising the need for this courage, yet understanding it, even honoring it.
I know it is the clear decision of the heavenly spheres that Senor Don Quixote should once again put into effect his original and noble thoughts, and it would weigh heavily on my conscience if I did not convey to this knight and persuade him that the strength of his valiant arm and the virtue of his valorous spirit should tarry and be constrained no more, for delay thwarts the righting of wrongs, the defense of orphans, the honoring of damsels, the favoring of widows, the protection of married women, and other things of this nature that touch on, relate to, depend on, and are attached to the order of errant chivalry.
Let this new Samson remain in his native land, and by honoring it may he also honor the white hairs of his aging parents, for I shall be content with any squire at all, since Sancho does not deign to come with me.
Fouquet ran upstairs, told his name to the footman, which excited an eagerness and a respect that showed the habit the mistress of the house had of honoring that name in her family.
And with these words, bowing respectfully to the king, the superintendent made his exit backwards, without honoring with a single look the envious man, whose head he had just half shaved.
Only by splitting the stone apart, only by accepting and understanding and honoring our differences can we hope to bring the stone back together again.