homage
To pay reverence to by external actionTo pay reverence to by external action.
» Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue.
Scheinheiligkeit ist die Ehrerbietung, die das Laster der Tugend erweist. — Yorwba
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2 senses(obsolete, transitive)To pay reverence to by external action.
(obsolete, transitive)To cause to pay homage.
Examples
12 sentencesHypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue.
deScheinheiligkeit ist die Ehrerbietung, die das Laster der Tugend erweist. — Yorwba
His works tend to pay homage to different artists.
I meant to pay homage to her with that.
deIch wollte sie dadurch ehren. — Yorwba
I meant to pay homage to him with that.
A discreet homage to the accident victims was carried out yesterday.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English homage, from Old French homage, hommage, from Medieval Latin homināticFrom Middle English homage, from Old French homage, hommage, from Medieval Latin homināticum (“homage, the service of a vassal or 'man'”), from Latin homō (“a man, in Medieval Latin a vassal”) + -āticum (noun-forming suffix). The American pronunciations in /-ɑːʒ/ and with silent h are due to confusion with the nearly synonymous doublet hommage, which is indeed pronounced /oʊˈmɑːʒ/.
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Forms
homages, homaging, homaged, homagedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle