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Kotow \Ko*tow"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kotowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Kotowing}.]
1. To perform the kotow. Now usually spelled {kowtow}. [Also
spelled {kowtow}.]
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2. To defer to another in a servile or humiliating manner; to
act obsequiously.
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Kotow \Ko*tow"\, n. [Chinese, knock head.]
Same as {kowtow}, the more common spellings. [China] [Also
spelled {kowtow}.] --S. W. Williams.
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Kowtow \Kow*tow"\, n. [Chinese, knock head.]
The prostration made by mandarins and others to their
superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the
forehead on the ground; same as {Kotow}. There are degrees in
the rite, the highest being expressed by three knockings.
[China] [Also spelled {kotow}.] --S. W. Williams.
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Kowtow \Kow*tow"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kowtowed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Kowtowing}.]
To perform the kowtow. Same as {Kotow}
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I have salaamed and kowtowed to him. --H. James.
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2. To defer to another in a servile or humiliating manner; to
act obsequiously.

Syn: kotow.
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