Hypertext Webster Gateway: "knighted"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Knight \Knight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Knighted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Knighting}.]
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 ---.
A soldier, by the honor-giving hand Of C?ur-de-Lion
knighted in the field. --Shak.
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