hail2
• verb 1 call out to (someone) to attract attention. 2 acclaim enthusiastically: he has been hailed as the new James Dean. 3 (hail from) have one’s home or origins in. • exclamation archaic expressing greeting or acclaim. — PHRASES within hail within earshot. — ORIGIN from obsolete hail healthy , related to HALE1 and WHOLE.
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