knight
noun
a mounted soldier serving under a feudal superior in the Middle Ages.
have knighted
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present perfectof knight.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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They would not have knighted explorers--they would have all been explorers.
From This Simian World by Clarence Day
They would not have knighted explorers—they would have all been explorers.
From This Simian World by Clarence Day
"And I am certain," said Mr. Blackstone, "that if the loin set before the king, whoever he was, had been boiled, be would never have knighted it."
From The Vicar's Daughter by George MacDonald
I have always thought, and still think, that the Government ought at least to have knighted him, as only a very slight acknowledgment of the invaluable and peculiar service he had rendered to the nation.
From Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men by Eliezer Edwards
I could have knighted him on the spot.
From Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life by Talbot Baines Reed
