01 v. t. To promise; to vow.
imp.
Behight; p. p.
Behight
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1.
To promise; to vow.[Obs. in all its senses.]“Behight by vow unto the chaste Minerve.” — Surrey.
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2.
To give in trust; to commit; to intrust.“The keys are to thy hand behight.” — Spenser.
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3.
To adjudge; to assign by authority.“The second was to Triamond behight.” — Spenser.
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4.
To mean, or intend.“More than heart behighteth.” — Mir. for Mag.
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5.
To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.“All the lookers-on him dead behight.” — Spenser.
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To call; to name; to address.“Whom . . . he knew and thus behight.” — Spenser.
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7.
To command; to order.“He behight those gates to be unbarred.” — Spenser.