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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"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
"You have knighted yourself by that single blow."
From Hereward, the Last of the English by Charles Kingsley
They would not have knighted explorers--they would have all been explorers.
From This Simian World by Clarence Day
I thought to have knighted thee, boy, when thou hadst won fame.
From The Prince and the Page; a story of the last crusade by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Madame's days were chiefly passed in imitation of the occupation so dear to an earlier, hardier race, that race kings have knighted for their powers in dealing mightily with their weaker neighbors.
From In and out of Three Normady Inns by Anna Bowman Dodd
