Kowtow \Kow*tow"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Kowtowed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Kowtowing}.]
To perform the kowtow. Same as {Kotow}
[1913 Webster]
I have salaamed and kowtowed to him. --H. James.
[1913 Webster]
2. To defer to another in a servile or humiliating manner; to
act obsequiously.
Syn: kotow.
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