knight
/ˈnaɪ̯t/ verb C2- To confer knighthood upon. · The king knighted the young squire.
- To promote (a pawn) to a knight.
He/she/it knights · Past knighted · Past participle knighted · -ing form knighting
Verb forms
- Base form
- knight
- He/she/it
- knights
- Past
- knighted
- Past participle
- knighted
- -ing form
- knighting
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## The Bald Knight
A BALD KNIGHT, who wore a wig, went out to hunt.
I did pretty well until I put the pie in, and then an irresistible temptation came to me to imagine I was an enchanted princess shut up in a lonely tower with a handsome knight riding to my rescue on a coal-black steed.
A dim line of ancestors, in every variety of dress, from the Elizabethan knight to the buck of the Regency, stared down upon us and daunted us by their silent company.
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