English Explanatory Dictionary

behight

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To vow, promise (someone).
  2. To be designated.
  3. To give in trust; to commit; to entrust.
  4. To mean, or intend.
  5. To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.
  6. To call; to name; to address.
  7. To command; to order.
noun
  1. A vow; a promise.

Word forms

behight behights behighting behighted behote

Etymology

From Middle English beheten, bihaten, behoten (preterite behighte), from Old English behātan (“to promise, vow, pledge oneself, threaten”) (preterite behēhte), corresponding to be- + hight. Cognate with Scots beheit, behecht (“to promise, vow”), Middle High German beheizen (“to promise”).

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