( v. t. )
To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir ---.
( v. t. )
To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir ---.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012