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noun 
  1. (historical) In feudalism, the promise of a vassal to obey his or her lord.
    • 1593: William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona
    • :We'll do thee , and be rul'd by thee, / Love thee as our commander and our king.
      1. A demonstration of respect, such as towards an individual after their retirement or death
    • 1792: Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women
    • :When a man squeezes the hand of a pretty woman, ... she will consider such an impertinent freedom in the light of an insult, if she have any true delicacy, instead of being flattered by this unmeaning to beauty.
    • 2006: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/11/nyregion/nyregionspecial3/11bush.html?hp&ex=1158033600&en=e468f88da52557ed&ei=5094&partner=homepage New York Times
    • :It"s appropriate that we pay to them and the sacrifices they made.
      1. An artistic work imitate, imitating another in a flattering style
    • 2002: Dawson's Creek (TV, episode 6.01)
    • :He likes to tell people that it's a Hitchcockian thriller, but that's kind of like saying Happy Gilmore is a to Woody Allen.
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