behight

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behight, v. t. [OE. bihaten, AS. behātan to vow, promise; pref. be- + hātan to call, command. See Hight, v.].

To promise; to vow. [1913 Webster]
"Behight by vow unto the chaste Minerve." [1913 Webster]
To give in trust; to commit; to intrust. [1913 Webster]
"The keys are to thy hand behight." [1913 Webster]
To adjudge; to assign by authority. [1913 Webster]
"The second was to Triamond behight." [1913 Webster]
To mean, or intend. [1913 Webster]
"More than heart behighteth." [1913 Webster]
To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be. [1913 Webster]
"All the lookers-on him dead behight." [1913 Webster]
To call; to name; to address. [1913 Webster]
"Whom . . . he knew and thus behight." [1913 Webster]
To command; to order. [1913 Webster]
"He behight those gates to be unbarred." [1913 Webster]

behight, n.

A vow; a promise. Surrey. [1913 Webster]

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